This is an analysis of Song by Arthur Henry Adams.

TO a woman's wistful heart
In a startled wave of feeling,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbabXXbAAcbbcacddca
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 0010101 00101010 1110 1110 10101010 1110111 01101010 1100 1010 10111010 0010101 0010101 10111110 1110 1010 00100010 1110101 1001011010 1110 1110 10101010 0010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Anaphora

to

Epiphora

heart