This is an analysis of Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To His Physician, 1710-11 by Jonathan Swift.

On Britain Europe's safety lies,
Britain is lost if Harley dies:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 11010101 10010101 10010111 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4