This is an analysis of Mercury And Cupid by Matthew Prior.
In sullen Humour one Day Jove
Sent Hermes down to Ida's Grove,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcc debb ffgg ddbbXhbb XXhh iibbaagg XXeeffeeeeeejjkkkkhhhhee
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,4,8,4,8,24,
- Metre: 01010111 11010101 010100010 010101010 11010101 11000101 101111010 110101010 101101010 110100110 11010011 11111101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11111111 010101010 111111110 11010101 111111110 111101010 110001010 11111111 11011101 11101101 11010101 111100110 01111010 110101110 110101110 11111111 01110111 10110101 11010101 11111101 11011101 1110101 010110101 110100101 10110111 11111101 11010111 11011101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11001101 11110111 11011101 10111101 11110101 01000101 1101001 01001101 11011101 11111101 11110001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
his, and
Anaphora
he, what
Epiphora
'em
