This is an analysis of On The Vita Nuova Of Dante by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

AS he that loves oft looks on the dear form
And guesses how it grew to womanhood,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXaXcbXbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111011 1101010101 1101110101 10110010111 1111010111 010110001001 1100100100 1111001101 11010111100 1011000100 1101010111 1101010110 1101010101 1011011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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