This is an analysis of Charity : A Paraphrase On 1 Cor. Chap. 13 by Matthew Prior.
Did sweeter Sounds adorn my flowing Tongue,
Than ever Man pronounc'd, or Angel sung:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXee ffXdghiiii hhhhXXhhXd hgjjkkggll kkmmjjffiX bbjjXjnnkXf
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,11,
- Metre: 0101011101 1101011101 1111010101 1111110101 1111011101 01010001001 0101110101 01010101010 1111111101 1101010011 1101000101 0111010011 1101110101 1101101101 0101010111 1101110001 1001010101 1001110101 1011110101 0111110101 1101110001 1111011101 1111110101 1111011111 1011010101 1100110101 1101111101 0101110101 0111010101 1100010111 10010001101 1011110011 1101001101 1111101001 0101011101 110001110101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011111 1111010101 0101011101 1111111101 1101010111 1111010001 1001110001 11010011101 1101011101 11010111001 0111010110 0101010101 10011001001 1101110111 1101001101 1111011100 0101010001 1101110101 10111100011 1101 1101010110 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 61
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, she, his, thy
Anaphora
shalt