This is an analysis of Love Not by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.
LOVE not, love not! ye hapless sons of clay!
Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababC dedeC afafC gagaC
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 1111110101 11011101010 1111011101 11110101110 11 11011111 0101110111 0101011111 0111011101 11 11011111 1100011101 0101011101 1101110101 11 11110101 00110100011 1101010111 1001011111 11
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
love, not
Anaphora
love, the