This is an analysis of An April Love by Alfred Austin.

Nay, be not June, nor yet December, dear,
But April always, as I find thee now:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101111111 0101010101 11010011101 1110111111 01001001101 1110110111 0101110101 110110101010 1111011101 10101011011 01110100010 1111011111 11010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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