This is an analysis of Epilogue To The Tragedy Of Cato by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

You see in ancient Rome what folly reign'd;
A folly British men would have disdain'd.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaaaaccdgggddhh
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 1101011101 0101011101 1111010101 1111110101 1101110001 1101011101 11110010101 0101110011 1011011101 1011010111 1111011101 1101011101 11110101001 0101110001 10110101001 0100010101 0101110001 0101110001 1001010101 1101010111 1111011101 0111011101 1111110111 1101111101 01110011101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

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