This is an analysis of On A Pair Of Dice by Jonathan Swift.

We are little brethren twain,
Arbiters of loss and gain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1110101 1000111 1001101 1111101 1110011 1111101 11101110 11111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8