This is an analysis of Cupid Turned Stroller. - From Anacreon by Matthew Prior.
At dead of night, when stars appear,
And strong Bootes turns the Bear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccbbccddeeccaaffcbbccddddcc
- Stanza lengths: 33,
- Metre: 11011101 1110101 11011101 01010001 10110111 11111111 01111111 11110101 11110101 01011111 11010111 11111101 01010111 11010101 11010101 01010101 01110111 01110011 11011101 010101101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11010111 01010101 01110101 11011101 11011111 01110101 11011101 11011101 11011111 10111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, i
