This is an analysis of To His Lady, by Edith Nesbit.

IMPLORING HER TO BE TRUE
MISTRESS of me, mistress of all the arts…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccccbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,11,
  • Metre: 0100001 1001100101 11111110001 0111011101 1111111101 1011100101 11011100111 1111111111 1111010101 1011010111 1101110111 1000110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

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