This is an analysis of Love And Life by Edith Nesbit.

LOVE only sings when Love is young,
When Love is young and still at play,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc ddddefef
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 11011111 11110111 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010111 11110100 11011111 01111101 11111111 11011101 11110111 01010111 11011111 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

love, when, to, for