This is an analysis of Songs Set To Music: 26. by Matthew Prior.
Some kind angel, gently flying,
Moved with pity at my pain,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fcfc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11101010 1010111 11101110 1011101 11101110 1110101 11101010 0110101 10101010 1110101 101001010 1110011 10111010 0101111 10111010 10111101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
