This is an analysis of To Mary by Charles Wolfe.
If I had thought thou couldst have died,
I might not weep for thee;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd efefbaba cfcfgfgfXcbcbfdfd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
- Metre: 01111111 111111 11011111 111100 01011111 01110010 11111111 111111 11011111 111101 11011011 111101 11111111 111101 11111111 110111 011110111 111101 11111101 111110 110111111 110111 11111011 111101 111110011 110101 11011101 010101 11111101 011101 11010111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, thou
Anaphora
and