This is an analysis of The Dove by Matthew Prior.
In Virgil's Sacred Verse we find,
That Passion can depress or raise…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeafafgfgfahah iaiajejehkckeaeaekekXlblhmhm gkgkabaXcacaaaaaakajaaaaanan hmhmkckcnjXjbbobXbobeeeeaaaaXbnbnakakncncdcdc
- Stanza lengths: 24,28,28,45,
- Metre: 01010111 11010111 01010101 11011101 101111110 11111111 110101010 01010101 01001101 01010101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010101 10111001 01011101 01010111 11001101 110101101 11110001 11000101 11011101 11010001 11011101 100011101 01101010 11110111 11001010 11111101 11011111 1110011 11010111 01111101 110101001 110111110 11010101 01010111 11110111 11110101 11110001 01010110 1101101001 11001111 01101001 110010110 11000111 10010101 11011101 11010101 10110001 01111101 01011101 11110101 10010101 11010101 11111111 11110101 11010111 11110101 11010101 100110010 00101101 011101110 11001101 11111011 01011101 010111001 1101101 11111111 100111011 01010111 01010101 11110101 1111001010 11010101 011101010 01010101 11010111 01100101 11111111 11111101 11010111 10011111 11000101 11110101 110011110 01110011 110100110 0101111 10111101 11111100 11011101 10010111 110111011 01110101 01110111 01110110 111111010 10010111 110100110 11011111 10010101 11010101 01011001 11011101 11010101 11010101 11000111 11010101 11110111 01111101 11010101 11111011 1100110011 11011111 111101011 11110111 111111010 00010111 100101010 11011101 111001010 11011111 111111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 124
Repeated words/phrases
she, not, and, her, or
