This is an analysis of Love by Charles Harpur.

My soul; is raying like a star,
My heart is happier than a bird,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeae bdbd fbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 110100101 11011101 111101 11101111 110101001 10110101 010101 11100101 11010101 10111101 110101 11010101 110110111 11010101 010101 10110001 11010101 11011111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

my, i