This is an analysis of A Reasonable Affliction by Matthew Prior.
On his death-bed poor Lubin lies:
His spouse is in despair:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 10111101 010001 010111001 110111 010011101 010111 11011111 011111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
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