This is an analysis of The Fagot by Jonathan Swift.
Observe the dying father speak:
Try, lads, can you this bundle break?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeXfggddccffccbbccffXcffeeaahhbbXXiijjeXkkgg
- Stanza lengths: 52,
- Metre: 01010101 11110101 11010001 11011101 110111110 111101010 01010101 01111111 110101111 11110111 11100101 11010101 111111010 110101010 011001011 010010010 11010101 01010111 11010111 11010101 11111101 01000101 11000101 11110101 11010111 11011101 01001101 01010001 110011011 010111010 11110101 01010101 11000101 11110101 1100100101 11001101 11110101 11110101 11011111 11001111 011111010 010101011 100101011 0101101110 01010111 110111001 100101010 011111110 11010101 01010101 100101111 010101111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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