This is an analysis of A Receipt To Restore Stella’s Youth. 1724-5 by Jonathan Swift.
The Scottish hinds, too poor to house
In frosty nights their starving cows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccddddeeffbbgghhiiffjjbbkkddjjlljjffaajjXbllaaaaccaaiX
- Stanza lengths: 56,
- Metre: 01011101 01011101 11010111 01010001 11110101 11010101 1110101 11011111 010111110 111111010 110101101 01010101 1101001 010010101 01110111 100110111 111111010 11001010 01110001 10010110 11011111 01011001 110111110 111111010 11010101 01010101 11110111 01110101 01000001 11110111 01010101 11110101 11110001 11010101 11110101 11011111 10111101 10110101 11010101 10110101 11010101 1101011101 01010101 01011101 111100110 111101010 11010101 01111101 11111101 11011101 10010011 01110101 010010101 11011111 110101110 110101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, you, your, nor
Anaphora
nor, the
