This is an analysis of Paris's Second Judgement, Upon The Three Daughters Of My Dear Brother Mr. R. Caesar. by Richard Lovelace.

Behold! three sister-wonders, in whom met,
Distinct and chast, the splendrous counterfeit…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddccaaeebbee
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 0111010011 0111010101 0101010111 1011010001 0100110111 1111010101 010100101010 111110101010 01011100101 00111110101 11010001101 01001001101 10111100011 0101010100 1101010011 1111110101 11110011001 1100110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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