This is an analysis of Phyllis's Age by Matthew Prior.
How old may Phyllis be, you ask,
Whose beauty thus all hearts engages?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcXc dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110011 110111010 01001101 11110110 10101101 01011101 11110101 11001101 11010101 11010001 01010101 11001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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