This is an analysis of For My Own Monument by Matthew Prior.
AS doctors give physic by way of prevention,
Mat, alive and in health, of his tombstone took care;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fdfd gggg bhbh Xcdc bibi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110110110010 101101001111 1011011010010 11001001101 11111001001 101001101111 11011011101 111001111001 11011101000 110110011011 11101111011 101101011011 101001101001 11011011001 010010010011 101001111011 101001011011 11011101011 11001101101 111011111111 01101011001 11001011001 01101001011 111011100101 11011101011 11101101101 11011111011 11111001101 001101101101 11111101001 101011101101 1111101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
his, as, and, to, be, in
