This is an analysis of Upon Playing At Ombre With Two Ladies by Matthew Prior.

I know that Fortune long has wanted sight,
And therefore pardon'd when she did not right;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111011011 1111010001 1111011111 1111111101 0111110001 11000110111 1111111101 10000110101 0111010101 1111010101 11010100111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

she, in