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

So sung the poet in a humble strain,
With empty pockets, and a head in pain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaaaaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101000101 0101010101 1011010101 11010001001 01010001010 10010101010 1101010101 01001010101 1101010101 1101010011 01010101001 1101010001 1101010101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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