This is an analysis of The Shepherd's Week : Monday; Or The Squabble by John Gay.

Lobbin Clout, Cuddy, Cloddipole

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X Abbccdd eaXaafXgg AhhiX ejjkkjjllkkddccgg Addll emm Accjjaadd effkkkkffgg Addllnn egokkgo Affccgg eddlljj AddfXjj ehhddgg AXXXf ekkgg Appjj effii AkkXX eaajX XjjkkXg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,7,9,5,17,5,3,9,11,7,7,7,7,7,7,5,5,5,5,5,5,7,
  • Metre: 10110100 101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 10101110101 1111010111 10 1101111101 1111010001 011111101 1100010011 01011000111 1111011100 1111110101 1100011001 101 1100111111 11111101101 1101110101 1110010010 10 1101011101 1101111101 11010001001 01010101001 0100110101 0111011101 1111010101 1101111101 1111010001 1101010101 1101111101 1111010101 1100111101 1101101001 1100110101 1100110101 101 1001111101 1001010111 0111010101 1101011011 10 0111011101 0101011101 101 1100000101 1111010101 1001110111 1001010101 1001000101 1001011101 1100110011 1101011111 10 1110000101 11011100101 1111010101 1101100111 0101110101 0101010101 01011101001 1111110101 1101111111 1110010101 101 1011110001 0001110101 0011010111 0101110111 11000111010 11011111010 10 1010011111 1111110101 1101010101 1101111101 1011111101 1101110101 101 11000001001 0101110101 1101110101 1101110101 0111010101 0111010101 10 1110000101 0101010101 1101011111 1111010111 1011011011 0111010101 101 1001010101 0101011001 1111010101 1101010100 1111010101 1111110111 10 0011111101 0111010101 1011010111 1111011001 1111111110 1111110111 101 1111110101 0111010111 1101111100 1111010101 10 1111011111 11010101001 1001010111 1111110001 101 1111010111 1111110001 0011010101 1101011101 10 0101010111 11110101001 1101101001 1111011101 101 0101001101 01010101001 11001110101 0101010010 10 10110110101 1101110101 11001110101 01010111110 100 10010111011 1101110101 1101110111 1101010101 1111010110 1100111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 22
  • Lines: 147

Repeated words/phrases

no, thy, to, that, of, fair, nor, and

Anaphora

no, fair, the, this