This is an analysis of A Poem Written By Sir Henry Wotton In His Youth by Sir Henry Wotton.

O Faithless World, & thy more faithless part, a Woman's heart!
The true Shop of variety, where sits nothing but fits…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXXddbcXa
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 1101111010101 01100100111011 1100010110111001 11110111011101 100010101011111 11010100010101 01111101010101 11111111010101 1111110001001010 11010101101101 01111101111101 11111101011111 01111001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

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