This is an analysis of Song by Aphra Behn.

Oh love! that stronger art than Wine,
Pleasing Delusion, Witchery divine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaa ccddeeX eeff eeXXgg
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,4,6,
  • Metre: 11110111 1001010001 10010111 01111111 11101011 1010001 11110111 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 10011001 11011101 11010101 11110101 11010111 1110101 110010101 1010001 10110101 11010101 010101010 10011101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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