This is an analysis of Merry Andrew by Matthew Prior.
Sly Merry Andrew, the last Southwark fair;
(At Bartholomew he did not much appear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbbbXXccddeeXfgghbbhhccccXfiiXffcc
- Stanza lengths: 37,
- Metre: 1101001101 10101101101 1101010010 1101110111 0111010101 0111100111 0110001101 0011001100 0101010001 1111010101 0101100101 1110110101 1111010101 1101010111 1111100101 0111011110 1011001101 1101111111 0100011101 1011011111 1101011101 1101001111 1101010111 1111010001 1101010101 1111011101 0101011101 1111011110 00110110011 1101110111 1100111111 1111011111 01001010111 0101011111 1111110101 1111010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
his, i, nor, your
