This is an analysis of Noah's Flood (Excerpts) by Michael Drayton.
Eternal and all-working God, which wast
Before the world, whose frame by Thee was cast,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcc ddXXee aaffeeggff X
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,10,1,
- Metre: 0101110111 0101111111 1100010101 1111011111 0101010001 1111111111 1101011101 111100011001 11111101011 0101110111 1001010111 01010010101 11110010111 1101011101 1101110001 1111110011 10010010101 0101010111 0011110111 1111011101 1001010111 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
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