This is an analysis of Sir Henry Wotton, And Serjeant Hoskins Riding On The Way by Sir Henry Wotton.

Ho. Noble, lovely, vertuous Creature,
Purposely so fram'd by Nature…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aab bbb ccd eed ffc XXc Xec ggc
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 110101010 10011110 0011101 11111111 1110110 1011101 11010011 1111001 0111111 11010011 1110001 1011101 11111101 1110111 100101110 110110100 10101010 10111110 110101000 1011111 1110111 11010101 1111101 1111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 24