This is an analysis of The Flies by Matthew Prior.
Say, sire of insects, mighty Sol,
(A fly upon the chariot-pole…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddeeddXX
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 110011101 010101001 11111001 01001101 11001101 111010101 01010101 11010111 11010101 110110101 01110101 11111111 11010101 010111101 110011100 111111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
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