This is an analysis of The Garland by Matthew Prior.
The pride of every grove I chose,
The violet sweet and lily fair,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef fgfg bhbh ijij afaf ejej kfkf elel
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010100111 010011101 01011101 0111011 110110001 010101001 010110101 01110101 010110101 110011101 10011111 11001101 01110111 11011101 11011101 01010111 11110111 11010111 10010101 11010101 01011111 11111101 0101011 11011101 111110010 100101001 110111010 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110111 11110111 11110111 010010101 11010111 11110001 11101101 110110010 11011101 01001110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, she, and
Anaphora
the, see, such
