This is an analysis of Melinda's Complaint by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
By the side of a glimmering fire,
Melinda sat pensively down,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdXefedcdcghghfhfXbehecXcfbiXiXXacfefecacajdjdkjkX
- Stanza lengths: 56,
- Metre: 1010010010 010110001 01001011 11001001 01001001 001001001 101011101 11001011 1001011110 11001011 101101111 101011111 11011011 001001001 11001011 110001001 101011001 1001001 01001011 01111001 11011101 101001011 011010111 101101101 101111001 11011001 11111011 11001001 11011001 1010110010 11001001 01011001 101101011 11101001 11011010 10001101 101111010 111100100 101011011 001001001 101001101 11001001 11001101 11001101 01101011 11001101 11101111 001001101 100011101 11001001 010110011 11011111 11111001 01101001 01111011 110010010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
i, to, at
Anadiplosis
forbear
