This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 126. Love Is And Was My Lord And King by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Love is and was my Lord and King,
And in his presence I attend…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbabccbdeed
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 10111111 10010101 01010011 11001001001 10111111 10011111 01011111 01010101 11110100 11010101 11000101 00111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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