This is an analysis of Parody On The Recorder’s Speech To His Grace The Duke Of Ormond, 4th July, 1711 by Jonathan Swift.
THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES
An ancient metropolis, famous of late…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbccdd X effggccddbbaabbeeeehhddccccccii
- Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,31,
- Metre: 01001011010 11001001001 101001111001 1010010101010 1010011110010 101101001001 11101011101 01 10111 11001001001 111011011001 11011101001 111001111101 1110011110010 101111011010 11101111011 001011001001 101111101111 111101101001 101111010110 110101011010 11001001101 101001001011 111101011011 111001111001 0110111111101 1100101100100 111101011101 111101011101 11101101001 101111001001 111010010010 011100010010 110010010110 010111010110 1011110010010 110010010010 110011111110 011110010010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
for, we, our, you, your
Anaphora
for
