This is an analysis of The Tear by Charles Harpur.
IT WAS a tale of passion that we read—
Of two who loved, not happily, but well!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaacc
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 0101010111 0111110011 1101010101 1011010101 0101011101 1101011101 0101010101 0100100001 1111001111 0111001101 0111010101 110101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
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