This is an analysis of The Unbeloved by Charles Lamb.

Not a woman, child, or man in
All this isle, that loves thee, C--ng.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbcXddXaaaeeXXX Xc
  • Stanza lengths: 19,2,
  • Metre: 10101110 10111111 1110101 101011 1011101 0010101 10011101 11010100 01011101 11010101 101000111 11101111 10011101 10101001 1110010 10101101 1010111 1010101 11110110 111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 21