This is an analysis of Fragment To ****** by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Let mules and asses in that circle tread,
And proud of trappings toss a feather'd head;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1111001101 1101010101 1101010001 1001010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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