This is an analysis of Cantata. Set By Mons. Galliard by Matthew Prior.
Recit.
Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shade…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababaa XCDccdeeCD Xffggdd Xhhiijj Xkckckc
- Stanza lengths: 7,10,7,7,7,
- Metre: 10 0101010101 01010101 10010110001 01010101 11010101 100111001 10 1010111 11101001 1110101 1001101 1110111 1110111 01100101 1010111 11101001 10 1101111101 0101111 1111110111 01010101 1111010011 110011101 10 1101110101 01010101001 100111001 11111111 01111111 11011101 10 11101010 10101101 10111110 1010101 11111110 1010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
and, why, her
