This is an analysis of To Winter In The Midst Of His Reign by William Baylebridge.

Thou grim physician, armed with septic shears,
Thou that dissemblest even in death's repose…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaaabcabc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 11100100101 11011001001 1111010101 11010101101 1101011101 1001001001 1111110101 11110010011 01010001001 1101010111 11011101101 00111010101 11110100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

thou