This is an analysis of To My Beloved Friend Mr. James Woodyatt; A Christmas Lay by Thomas Cowherd.
For us who're snatched as brands from hell
Some portion of my time to tell…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AabA cdcd eded cbcb fbfb egeg fhfh eheh dbdb ijij cdcd acac ebeb kdkd dkdk lmlm bebe ididXdddd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111011101 11001101 01011111 111011101 010111010 01011101 110101010 01110111 11110101 11110101 11001010 010011001 11001111 01111101 11010101 01111101 111100111 11011101 11111101 11010001 11011111 01011101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01110011 111100101 11010101 11110101 01110101 01001101 011001001 11011111 01011111 11010001 10011101 11111010 01010101 10011111 11010101 111101110 11111101 111101010 01010011 11110101 110111010 01111101 010011010 11011111 01101101 01010111 10011111 11110100 11110101 11111101 10010001 10010101 10010111 11111101 11110101 01010011 11011101 010011001 01011101 11110011 11111101 10011111 11000111 11110011 01011001 10111101 11010001 11111001 11111111 01010111 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 19
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
our, we, why, for
Anaphora
of, why, the
