This is an analysis of I Was Not False To Thee by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

I WAS not false to thee, and yet
My cheek alone looked pale;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccC dcdXeceCXdbdbacaC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,17,
  • Metre: 11110111 110111 11011111 110101 11011101 111111 11011111 111101 11110111 110101 01011101 110100 11010101 111111 11110101 111101 11110111 110011 11111111 111101 11111011 110101 11110101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

my, i

Anaphora

my, i