This is an analysis of Wives By The Dozen by Matthew Prior.
O Death how thou spoil'st the best project of life,
Said Gabriel, who still as he bury'd one wife,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 11111011001 110011111011 1010010010010 11011001001 11101101011 110011111010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6