This is an analysis of Dean Swift At Sir Arthur Acheson’s In The North Of Ireland by Jonathan Swift.

The Dean would visit Market-Hill,
Our invitation was but slight;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb bcbc dede fXfb ghgh hchX eaXX ihiX jeje ahah Xkck
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 11010111 11111011 11111101 01011111 111101010 11111111 110111010 100101010 11010101 110100010 11011111 11010111 10110101 11111001 11110101 11111111 01010011 11110111 11110101 11111101 11100101 01000111 11111101 1111101 11110101 11110100 11010101 010111010 11011101 110100010 11111111 01010111 11111101 11011101 01011111 10111111 01011101 01011101 11111101 110100101 01000111 11111101 00010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

may, much, they

Anaphora

his