This is an analysis of The Silver Swan, Who Living Had No Note by Orlando Gibbons.
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 0101110111 1101010101 1001010101 1101111111 1111111111 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
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