This is an analysis of If You Were Mine, If You Were Mine, by Alfred Austin.

`If you were mine, if you were mine,
The day would dawn, the stars would shine,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 84

Repeated words/phrases

would, than, you, mine, and, hay

Anaphora

the, if, when, and

Epiphora

rose, hay