This is an analysis of Declaration by Arthur Symons.

Child, I will give you rings to wear,
And, if you love them, dainty dresses,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 101101010 101110111 101101010 11011011 1101110100 11111101 1001010100 11010100 10111111 11111101 11111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

and, you, my, i

Anaphora

and, i