This is an analysis of Venus' Advice To The Muses by Matthew Prior.
Thus to the Muses spoke the Cyprian Dame,
Adorn my altars, and revere my name.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddee
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 10010101001 0111010111 1111010101 1101111111 0101010101 0101010101 1101111101 0011110101 1111010111 1001011101 11110001001 11111100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
my
Anaphora
the, on
