This is an analysis of Fragoletta by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
O LOVE! what shall be said of thee?
The son of grief begot by joy?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa Xbaab cdccd efeef gdggd hchhc igiig jkjjk bbbbb lmllc indin cacca bmbbmXgkggk
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 11110101 01010111 1010111 1010110 1011 11011101 1101001001 110101 010101 0101 11111111 0111010010 110101 011101 01010 11110111 11011101 110111 110111 1001 110100101 110101010 111111 111111 11010 11110101 11110101 110111 110111 0101 11110111 111111001 110011 111101 1101 11111111 10111111 110111 110101 1011 11010101 01101101 011111 110101 1001 110101011 11010111 111101 111101 1100 11010011 01011111 111110 111111 0111 10111111 10110101 111111 111111 1101 11110111 11110111 111111 1101111 0011 11000111 11010001 111101 110101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
thy, love, and
Anaphora
being, o, thy, her, and
