This is an analysis of Witches Chant (From Macbeth) by William Shakespeare.

Round about the couldron go:
In the poisones entrails throw.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccDD eeffggddDd hheeaaiijjjXbDD
  • Stanza lengths: 8,10,15,
  • Metre: 1010101 00100101 101011 1111101 1010101 1110011 1001110 10111010 0100101 0010111 1011101 1011101 1011101 1011101 11010010 10111110 1001110 10111010 1010001 1010111 00100111 101110001 1001001 1011001 10000101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1010111 110001010 11000110 1001110 10111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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