This is an analysis of Lady Hertford To Lord William Hamilton by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Dear Colin, prevent my warm blushes,
Since how can I speak without pain?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedefbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 110011110 11111011 111111110 11111001 110011010 1111101 111010010 01011001 110010010 11111001 110100110 11111110 011111010 011111111 111110110 11011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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