This is an analysis of To A Little Girl That Has Told A Lie by Ann Taylor.

AND has my darling told a lie?
Did she forget that GOD was by?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddaa aaeedd ffeeaa ffggggXddbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11110101 01011111 11110110 01110101 01011111 11010110 11111101 01011101 11111111 11111101 010011111 11011111 11111111 01111101 11110101 11011001 01011101 01011101 11110101 11110111 11010101 11010101 11110101 01000101 11111101 11011101 11010101 10010111 110110101 01110111 11111101 1100111001 11011101 11010011 01010101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

he, you, to, your