This is an analysis of Song From 'The Vicar Of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith.
WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 110101010 11111101 111101010 11110101 010101010 010101001 010100010 11010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
to, her
Anaphora
what, to
