This is an analysis of Songs Set To Music: 4. Set By Mr. Smith by Matthew Prior.
Come, weep no more, for 'tis in vain;
Torment not thus your pretty heart;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dbdb eaea afaf ghgh bbbb eded ijij
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 01111101 110011101 11111111 11110101 11011111 11110101 11110111 11011001 10100111 11100111 01111101 11111111 11100101 11111101 01111101 11111100 111101010 11111110 110111110 110011111 010010111 01110101 01110111 11111111 11001101 11110101 011100101 11111100 011010101 11111101 11000101 111101101 01111101 11110101 11010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and, they, to
Anadiplosis
believe
