This is an analysis of The Lady Oriana by John Wilbye.

The Lady Oriana
Was dight all in the treasures of Guiana;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 0100010 11100100010 11010101010 11111101110 0101010 1011011101 010111 1101010 10010101010 11010110010 1110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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