This is an analysis of May by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

I cannot tell you how it was,
But this I know: it came to pass…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeXabccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11011101 10110101 01011101 11111101 11010011 01010101 01111111 11011101 11011101 10110011 01010101 11110101 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

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