This is an analysis of A Weeping Cupid by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
Why, Love! I thought you were gay and fair,
Merry of mien and debonair.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXbbcccddeeeddXddffeeXX
- Stanza lengths: 26,
- Metre: 111110111 10011101 1110111 11011111 11010110 111101101 10101111 10110101 01010111 11011111 010110111 0110110101 11011101 11010111 01110101 011110101 010100101 110101100 11010101 01010101 111111111 010110111 11010111 11011111 11100101 11
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 26
Anaphora
two
