This is an analysis of A Cruel Mistress. by Thomas Carew.
We read of kings and gods that kindly took
A pitcher fill'd with water from the brook ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXbXccddeeXXff
- Stanza lengths: 18,
- Metre: 1101111101 0101010001 1111010011 1001110111 0101001101 0101010101 1101010101 0011110101 1001010011 100110101 11111001001 1101010101 1010010111101 1110010011 0101110100 1101011000 0101011101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 18
Anaphora
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