This is an analysis of Nell And John by Matthew Prior.
When Nell, given o'er by the doctor, was dying,
And John at the chimney stood decently crying,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 1110101010110 111010110010 101101001101 10111111011 11011111001 11101011111 01011111111 111111011111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
