This is an analysis of Song by Matthew Prior.
THE merchant, to secure his treasure,
Conveys it in a borrow'd name:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac dddd eeeX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010001010 10000111 100101110 1100111 11011101 10100101 110100010 11111111 11111111 10110111 11111001 1111111 11011001 111111110 11000101 1001111100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
my, i, and
