This is an analysis of Songs Set To Music: 3. Set By Mr. De Fesch by Matthew Prior.

Strephonetta, why d'ye fly me,
With such rigour in your eyes:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10001111 0110011 11100011 1111111 11101010 1011101 00111010 1010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8