This is an analysis of The English Padlock by Matthew Prior.
Miss Danae, when Fair and Young
(As Horace has divinely sung)…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeefgbbee hhbbcc iijjXd ffggkkllXcgglflf ffggXfllggjj jjllmmmnXffccoojjjjnnllffff
- Stanza lengths: 14,6,6,16,12,27,
- Metre: 111111 11010101 110101001 11011101 01000101 11010110 101010010 110101110 111101010 1111110010 10110111 10110101 100101010 111111010 10101001 11010101 110101011 1101001110 10010101 111100011 01110101 11110111 11011101 11110111 11111101 010101010 11110101 11010111 11011111 11110101 11111101 11101101 10110101 11110101 11110001 01010101 11100101 11110001 11110101 10110111 1011111 01010000 10110101 11010111 01110001 01010111 011101100 11010101 110011011 11111101 110011110 011100010 011011110 110101110 11011101 01111011 10011101 11010111 10100101 00111101 10110111 01000111 1111100 11111111 11011001 10111101 01010101 11010111 11110111 10010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01000101 11010001 11000111 11010101 00010101 00010101 11010101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 81
Repeated words/phrases
us, she, and, her, be
Anaphora
does, which, the, be
