This is an analysis of On A Corkscrew by Jonathan Swift.
Though I, alas! a prisoner be,
My trade is prisoners to set free.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddcceeccccaaffeeccgghhddffhhhh
- Stanza lengths: 38,
- Metre: 110101000 110100011 11010101 01010001 11010111 01010101 01011111 11111111 01110111 01010001 01011101 11111101 01110101 01011101 101110101 11111101 11011111 011101001 01010111 100100111 11101101 11011001 11010101 01010111 11010001 110100111 10111101 01011111 11011111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11110001 11101101 01010101 11011101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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