This is an analysis of Beauty's Blemish by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

You are as young, O lady mine,
As ere you were in olden days,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa ccccdd ccccbb Xeaebb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11111101 11100101 11111111 11111101 11011011 11111111 11111101 10011111 11010101 11011111 01101111 01010101 11110111 11101111 11011101 11010101 01111101 11010101 11011110 01110111 11011101 11110101 110101000 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

you, your