This is an analysis of Wife To Husband by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Pardon the faults in me,
For the love of years ago:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abAabA cdAcdA ccAcXA ebAebA bfAbfA
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 100101 1010001 01 1110101 1110001 111 111001 111111 01 1111111 101001 111 110101 11010 01 1111101 11110 111 01111 10111 01 011111 010111 111 10111 10111 01 111101 100100 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

for, must

Anaphora

i, you, a, not