This is an analysis of The Lovers by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
One idle hour she sought to see
Whose image 'twas he cherished so…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdca eXeX fgfg acdX hghX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110101101 11011101 11010110 11011011 01010101 11001100 11001111 01111111 11011101 11000101 01011111 100111110 11010001 11011111 11001101 11010101 100111011 11000101 11011100 111110110 11011101 11111111 1010111 10011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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