This is an analysis of True Love And New Love by Edith Nesbit.

OVER the meadow and down the lane
To the gate by the twisted thorn:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa Xcdddc eeeeee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 100111101 00110101 111111001 111101001 01011111001 0101111 10101101 100111 110111001 110100111 010100111 0101111 111111101 0101111 110011101 0101001001 1111110101 00111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

her, to

Anaphora

before, you