This is an analysis of Cyriack, Whose Grandsire by John Milton.

Cyriack, whose grandsire on the royal bench
Of British Themis, with no mean applause,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdXcdb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011010101 0101001101 0110010111 1101111101 0111010101 0111010101 1101110101 1101011101 01011110011 01100110101 11011100110 1001111101 1010110101 11110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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