This is an analysis of On Bishop Atterbury's Burying The Duke Of Buckingham, 1721 by Matthew Prior.
I have no hopes, the Duke he says, and dies.
In sure and certain hopes - the prelate cries:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1111011111 0111010101 011111111 10010101110 0111110101 1111010101 0111110111 11110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
