This is an analysis of The Secretary by Matthew Prior.
While with labour assiduous due pleasure I mix,
And in one day atone for the business of six,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeebbffaaggffddXXgXXg
- Stanza lengths: 28,
- Metre: 101101011011 101101101001 001011101001 11111100100111 111001111001 111111001001 10101011011 101101001100 01101101101 00111001101 110011010001 11111001001 10111010001 11001011011 11111001001 11011101001 11101011001 01011010011 11111011101 101100111111 10001101001 01110011011 10100101001 111111011001 111010111110 1110 1010100 0
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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