This is an analysis of Answered, For Lord William Hamilton by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Good Madam, when ladies are willing,
A man must needs look like a fool;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacadad
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 010110110 01111101 111111010 11111101 1111011110 11101011 11011010 11001001 110010010 11111011 1011110110 01011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

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Anaphora

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