This is an analysis of A Woman's Honour by Lord John Wilmot.

Love bade me hope, and I obeyed;
Phyllis continued still unkind:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba XcXc dada efef dgdg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 10010101 111100111 01110101 10101101 11110101 01111111 111101001 01010100 01011111 101100110 01011101 11110101 01100001 11110011 11110101 11010101 11011101 11011101 010001101 0101101 11010001 11010001 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24