This is an analysis of To Quilca, A Country-House In No Very Good Repair by Jonathan Swift.

Let me thy Properties explain,
A rotten Cabin, dropping Rain;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcddccee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11110001 01010101 10010101 11011111 11001111 110111010 01111101 100111101 11010111 01010101 10110001 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

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