This is an analysis of Lover's Quarrels by Edith Nesbit.

JOIN hands, my dear, clasp long and close and fast,
Even this present we shall soon call past,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cXbc bbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111111111 1000111111 1101010001 1011011111 1101110101 1100110101 1001010101 1011110111 11011110110 010110110110 11111001110 1110111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

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