This is an analysis of Daphne by Jonathan Swift.
Daphne knows, with equal ease,
How to vex, and how to please;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaahhiiaaeeXbhhhheehhddeeccXXaajjjjkkgg
- Stanza lengths: 52,
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010001 10101010 11101010 0010101 0110101 10100111 10100110 1000101 1011111 10110001 1011101 11101010 111001100 1010001 1111101 11111010 0011111 1110111 1010001 11111000 00101110 10101010 11101010 11101010 10100100 1010011 1111101 00101010 10111010 1010101 1100101 1100111 1111111 1110101 1110101 11101110 10111010 10101110 11111110 111001110 001001010 1110111 1100101 1110101 1010111 100111011 11101011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
to, her, and
Epiphora
her, thee
