This is an analysis of Flower Of Aloe by Edith Nesbit.
HOW can I tell you how I love you, dear?
There is no music now the world is old;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc bbbX eeee effe agga hcch
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111111111 1011010101 0111010111 10011101001 1111110111 1101011001 1111011101 110010101001 1111110101 1111000111 11101011101 11000111100 1101111111 1011010111 0111110101 1111110111 1100110101 1111110111 0111010111 1111011101 1111011111 11011111011 1111001011 1001010101 11111111010 11110011101 11110111101 11010111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
all, i, no, for
Anaphora
there, for
