This is an analysis of The Name by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

THY name was once the magic spell, by which my thoughts were bound,
And burning dreams of light and love were wakened by that sound;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101111101 110101110100111 11111101010111 01010101010111 10101101110011 11111101111101 01011111111101 11010101111101 1111111110101 111011101010101 110101011101001 101011101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12