This is an analysis of Troilus And Cressida by John Dryden.
Can life be a blessing,
Or worth the possessing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aababab aacdcdc
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,
- Metre: 110010 110010 11001001001 11111111110 11101101101 1110110110010 11101011110001 010010 010010 01001001011 11001110010 100111011001 1010010011010 111111001001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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