This is an analysis of The Dean’s Answer by Jonathan Swift.
The nymph who wrote this in an amorous fit,
I cannot but envy the pride of her wit,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeccffggaaccaahhii
- Stanza lengths: 28,
- Metre: 01110011001 11011001001 11101001001 111001100111 11001100111 01101001101 011010110010 011010010110 00100111101 00101011101 101010101110 011010011010 11001011001 010011101011 11001011001 11011011101 101101001011 11001011001 11101101001 1011010001001 011000111010 111010010010 01011011001 11011011101 111011110010 111110111110 111110101001 01011101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
but
Anaphora
a, and
