This is an analysis of In Imitation Of Anacreon by Matthew Prior.

Let 'em Censure: what care I?
The Herd of Criticks I defie.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbaaccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1010111 0101011 1010111 01001111 11010101 10010011 1110101 11011101 10100101 1011101 1101101 10110101 11110101 01011101 1111101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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