This is an analysis of The Lover by Dora Sigerson Shorter.

He walks like one enchanted,
Whose soul is held in thrall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1111010 110101 1111010 110111 1111010 010111 1111010 111101 0001010 111111 0101010 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12