This is an analysis of A Question by Alfred Austin.

Love, wilt thou love me still when wintry streak
Steals on the tresses of autumnal brow;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101000101 1011110011 1111011101 1110111111 1111011011 1111011101 0111110101 1111010101 1100111111 1111011111 1101000101 1111010101 1111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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