This is an analysis of To A Child Of Quality, Five Years Old, 1704. The Author Then Forty by Matthew Prior.

LORDS, knights, and squires, the numerous band
   That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede bfbf ghgh fbfb ihih
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111001001 110111010 01010101 111101110 11010111 11111101 111101011 110110001 110011010 10111101 110101110 11111111 11110111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11011111 1101010110 111011001 111101010 11011111 11110101 11110111 11110101 111100101 110111110 11101101 110101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

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