This is an analysis of A Riddle by Jonathan Swift.

I'm wealthy and poor,
I'm empty and full,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 01011 01011 01011 01011 01111 01111 11011 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

i'm, and

Anaphora

i'm