This is an analysis of Advice by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Cease, fond shepherd -- cease desiring
What you never must enjoy;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 111010100 1110101 10111010 1011101 10101010 1110101 10111010 1011111 1010101 1010101 1111111 1010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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