This is an analysis of An English Ballad, On The Taking Of Namur, By The King Of Great Britain by Matthew Prior.
Dulce est desipere in loco.
Some Folks are drunk, yet do not know it:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdefef XfgfgfhfX XhXXijijiiiXi Xfidikhkh ggdgddidiXclc gXflfiaiaaaaa Xklklfgfglclc XidXdlXlcjkjk XmnmnXXgoidiX daoaXpjpjdcdX ggagaaXaadldl XclclXgcg Xagagilil XdgdgXcXXqfqd Xjcjljkjk XfrfrXiiildld
- Stanza lengths: 1,12,9,13,9,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,9,9,13,9,13,
- Metre: 101100010 111111110 11110111 100111010 11001111 110101010 11110101 110101010 10111101 11011111 01010111 11110101 11010111 1 10110101 11010101 11010111 110100101 110101010 01010011 111111010 11010101 1 10111001 11100110 11111111 01010101 11111101 110111010 11110101 011111010 10111111 11110101 11011101 01001101 1 101101010 010110101 110101111 11111101 10011101 01111101 11010101 11011101 1 01000101 11010101 11011001 11110011 11111101 01011101 11000101 11110101 01010101 01111010 11110011 1101001010 1 11110110 110011010 001010101 010111010 1001001010 11010101 110101010 11110101 11010101 10010101 11010111 11010111 1 01110111 110010101 01011101 01011101 11010101 10110001 11010101 11010101 01011111 010110110 11011101 110101010 1 01111101 01010101 11010110 01011111 10110101 110101010 11101101 111100010 01011101 01010111 11111101 010100101 1 11010101 110101010 10111101 110101010 11010110 01011101 10111101 11001101 010110111 11110101 11100101 11101101 1 11111101 110111010 01010111 110101010 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 10010101 111101010 1101110001 110111110 1 01010101 10100111 11010111 01111011 01111111 11111111 10010011 110111010 11110001 01000111 11010101 11110111 1 111111010 11011101 010111010 101100101 110110100 10011111 0111110100 10111111 1 01000101 10010111 01110101 11110101 010101010 11110101 111101010 01110101 1 01110111 11010011 11111111 11111101 10110110 010111010 11010100 100101100 10110101 0101010010 01000101 111010010 1 11010111 011111110 10011101 10110101 11011001 11010101 10110101 11011101 1 110101010 11011101 010111110 010010101 1101010 11011101 10111111 11000101 10010101 11011101 11111011 11010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 188
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, no
Anaphora
to, the, or
