This is an analysis of Love’s Wisdom by Alfred Austin.

Now on the summit of Love's topmost peak
Kiss we and part; no farther can we go:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabaXcdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101001101 1111110111 1101110101 1101010101 1111101101 1111110101 1111010101 11001010101 1101110110 1101011101 1101110001 1011011111 10011110101 11110111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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