This is an analysis of The Politicians by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

In ancient days when every brute
To humble privilege had right;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababacacabbbbadaddbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 010111001 01010011 11010101 11111111 11010101 01010101 01011101 01000111 110110101 011101001 01010111 111000101 01101101 01111101 11011101 11011001 01010101 01000110 01011111 110101001 10110101 10010101 11111101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

his, and

Anaphora

the