This is an analysis of Acis And Galatea by John Gay.

Air.
Love in her eyes sits playing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbdbd aeeffe ddggd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,6,5,
  • Metre: 1 1001110 110101 1101010 1100001 1101110 1101010 1111010 0101110 1 1101010 1101010 1111 1111 1101110 1101010 1101110 1101 1101 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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