This is an analysis of To Stella, Written On The Day Of Her Birth. March 13, 1723-4, But Not On The Subject, When I Was Sick In Bed by Jonathan Swift.
Tormented with incessant pains,
Can I devise poetic strains?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaaXbgghhiiccggjjhhccggaajj
- Stanza lengths: 38,
- Metre: 11000101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010011 11111101 11111101 11100011 11110101 010100111 10111101 11110101 11110010 11010111 11011101 10010001 10110111 11111101 110001010 011101010 11010101 11010001 010111011 11110001 01011101 11010001 11010111 01110101 01111101 11010101 11111101 11000001 11110101 11110101 11110101 010111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
i, her
