This is an analysis of A Pastoral Dialogue by Jonathan Swift.
DERMOT, SHEELAH
A Nymph and swain, Sheelah and Dermot hight;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbccXdee b Xbbb a ffdd b ggbb a hhbb b iijj a XXkk b jjff a llXc b hhee a hhjj b Xccff
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,
- Metre: 1010 0111101101 1101010101 110110101 1101011101 1111110100 01001011101 11001010101 0110000111 10 1101001101 1101111101 1111000111 1111011011 10 1111010101 1111110011 1101110111 1101010101 10 11110110111 1101011101 1101110101 0101010101 10 1101011101 0101111111 1111111101 1011110111 10 11110111001 1011100111 0101010011 0101011101 10 0101010111 1001010111 1011111101 1111110101 10 1111011101 11110110111 1111010001 1111100111 10 1101010101 1111110101 1011111101 1111010011 10 0101111001 0111011101 1011010101 1101110101 10 1011110111 11011100111 1111110111 1111110111 10 1111111101 01010011101 1111000101 1111111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 24
- Lines: 86
Repeated words/phrases
their, my, and, you, i
