This is an analysis of Accession by Edith Nesbit.
ONCE I loved, and my heart bowed down,
Subject and slave, for Love was a King;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbaba acacdede
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11111111 011111101 110101011 100101100 0100110111 0101001111 11100110101 11111101 101101011 111101011 111110101 11100101101 1101001101 0100101111 111100101 1111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, i
Anaphora
and, i