This is an analysis of A Passage In The Moriae Encomium Of Erasmus. Imitated by Matthew Prior.
In awful pomp and melancholy state,
See settled Reason on the judgement-seat;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaa eeffbbfXaa
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,
- Metre: 0101110101 1101010101 0101011111 1101111101 10010100101 1111110101 1000110101 1101010101 1101000101 0111010101 1001010001 0101110001 1010010001 0101011101 0101011101 1001111111 0111011101 0101010110 1011100001 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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