This is an analysis of Lovers by Arthur Henry Adams.
I thought, because we had been friends so long,
That I knew all your dear lips dared intend…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdddcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110111 1111111101 0111011111 1111001101 1110111101 1011010111 0100111101 1101110111 1100111101 1101010101 1101010111 0111011111 1111010111 1101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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