This is an analysis of Art Thou Poor by Thomas Dekker.
Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?
O sweet content!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XAaAabACCX dAbAbdACCX bbEFFggEFF
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
- Metre: 1111111010 1110 111101101 1100 111011111 01010101010 1110111110 101010101 101110101 11101011010 11010001001 1110 1101110111 1100 1111001101 1101100101 1110111110 101010101 101110101 11101011010 1010111 1011111 11010111 11010101 1010101 10101111 11111111 11010111 11010101 1010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
thou, apace, to, sweet, o, nonny, you, care
Epiphora
lullaby, you
Anadiplosis
you
