This is an analysis of The Garden Plot by Jonathan Swift.

When Naboth's vineyard look'd so fine,
The king cried out, 'Would this were mine!'…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaaXccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010111 011110010 11110101 01010001 10010101 11110001 11010101 11010111 01110111 11010001 01110111 11010001 11010111 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14