This is an analysis of Oysters by Jonathan Swift.

Charming oysters I cry:
My masters, come buy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeffeecc
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 101011 11011 11111 11011 110010 010110 110110 111110 11101 001101 11011 11001 0110011 0111011 11101110 10101010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

so, be, she

Anaphora

so, be

Epiphora

her