This is an analysis of Lines in Defence of the Stage by Max Plowman.
Good people of high and low degree,
I pray ye all be advised by me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbaa ccaa dddd ccbb eeaa aaaa dddd XcXX ddaa ffee aaXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010011101 111100111 1101101011 111000100100101 10010011110110010 010101111001010 11010001001001 1110100101001 010111010011 1101010001011 101001001001 1100001000101 0100100010010001 01010010111 1010101001 101010010010001 0101001010110 10011010001 11000101100010 101000100111010 11010011111 110011111 1101010101001 1100010111010001 10010010100101 110110100101 10101010010111 11010010101 1111010111 1101001101 11110010101001 1010010101011 1101110000101001 1010010001101 10010011101 111111100011010111 01101010010011 01010111111011 1111110010001 111010100101110001 11111111001 0101000100100011 111010110101 01011101010101 100101010101 1001000101 01010000100100 1100110001010000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, in, to, he, his
Anaphora
which, and
Epiphora
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