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;…
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