This is an analysis of To My Love by Arthur Henry Adams.

“PAINT me,” you said, “a poem; give to me
A breathing thought that I may keep to kiss!”…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcabbcdbddbd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101111101 1111110110 1001111100 0111011111 1001001111 10110010101 1101010100 111101001010 11011011001 11001001110 11110111010 0111011101 01110111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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