This is an analysis of Virginal Love by Charles Harpur.

I LOVE him so,
That though his face I ne’er might see,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaba AccacaXAbbaba
  • Stanza lengths: 6,13,
  • Metre: 1111 11011111 0001011111 010111 0101010100 110111 1111 10111101 1001010111 010111 0101001111 101101 1111 110101101 1100001001 1100111 10111011001 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18