This is an analysis of Fatal Love by Matthew Prior.

Poor Hal caught his death standing under a spout
Expecting till midnight when Nan would come out;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11101101001 01011111111 11001011001 111010110011 1011111101 11111101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6