This is an analysis of The Question To Lisetta by Matthew Prior.

WHAT nymph should I admire or trust,
But Chloe beauteous, Chloe just?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdddaa b eebbbbffaagggbb
  • Stanza lengths: 13,1,15,
  • Metre: 11110111 11010101 111101001 10110111 01110101 10110111 01010111 10101101 11110101 10110101 11110111 01111101 1001101 10001 11011101 01001101 1111101 1000101 1110011 1101111 11110011 111101101 10110111 10111101 110101101 11100101 01011101 10010111 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 29