This is an analysis of On Beauty. A Riddle by Matthew Prior.
Resolve Me, Cloe, what is This:
Or forfeit me One precious Kiss.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcddddbbeeaaccddffgghhbXggccbb cciijjbbggeebb
- Stanza lengths: 34,14,
- Metre: 0111100 11011101 1011010010 110101010 010111010 11010101 11011101 01010011 11011001 10011101 01010101 11110111 100101001 11011101 010110011 11110001 01011101 11110001 10110101 01010001 01111010 010100110 10100101 01111101 10010101 01010101 10010001 100101100 01110101 10011101 10110001 11010101 10011101 11011101 1101111 11001101 11011011 11010101 10111011 100011111 01010101 110111001 10110001 01011101 11011101 11110101 011101110 010111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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