This is an analysis of An Acrostic by Edgar Allan Poe.

Elizabeth it is in vain you say
'Love not' — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 0100000111 11110001101 0111011111 1001010111 1011001101 1011011111 1001011101 0101110101 0101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

in