This is an analysis of O, Were I Loved As I Desire To Be! by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

O, were I loved as I desire to be!
What is there in the great sphere of the earth,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccccadedea
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10111101000 1010011001 1101001111 1111010111 10101010101 1111110111 1111111001 11001111101 10111110101 0111110011 0101010101 0111000101 1101010001 0111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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