This is an analysis of Lost On Both Sides by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

As when two men have loved a woman well,
Each hating each, through Love's and Death's deceit;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdXcdX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101111101 1111001101 1011000101 11001011101 1111010111 1101110111 0111110011 11011100111 0111101101 1101110101 1111010101 1101011101 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14