This is an analysis of The Wish by Lady Mary Chudleigh.

Would but indulgent Fortune send
To me a kind, and faithful Friend,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddccaaaabbeeeeeedd
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01011101 01110101 10111101 11010101 10010101 01010101 01111101 11011101 11100101 110111010 010101010 11010111 01010101 11110111 1101001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, still

Anaphora

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