This is an analysis of An Ode. The Merchant, To Secure by Matthew Prior.
The merchant, to secure his treasure,
Conveys it in a borrow'd name:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac dddd eeeX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010001010 01000111 100101110 110111 11011101 01100101 11100010 11111111 11111111 10110111 11111001 1111111 1111001 111111110 11000101 011111100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
my, i, and
