This is an analysis of To Chloe Weeping by Matthew Prior.

See, whilst Thou weep'st, fair Cloe, see
The World in Sympathy with Thee.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111 01010001 01011101 11011101 011111010 11110001 01011101 11010111 01110111 11111111 01011111 11100011 11111101 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

their, thy

Anaphora

the