This is an analysis of To Cloe by Matthew Prior.
Whilst I am scorch'd with hot desire,
In vain cold Friendship you return,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 111101010 01110101 110101110 01110101 11110101 11010111 11110011 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
