This is an analysis of To My Lord Buckhurst, Very Young, Playing With A Cat by Matthew Prior.
The amorous youth, whose tender breast
Was by his darling Cat possest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccddeeffaaddeegghh
- Stanza lengths: 22,
- Metre: 010011101 11010110 010100010 1000100010 100100101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01011000101 11000101 11011101 01011101 01010101 01001101 01000101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
his, her
Anaphora
will
