This is an analysis of Upon Honour. A Fragment. by Matthew Prior.
Honour, I say, or honest Fame,
I mean the substance, not the name;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbee
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 10111101 11010101 11110101 1010111 11001101 11110101 01110101 010101001 10110101 01010101 11011101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12