This is an analysis of Go, Lovely Rose! by Edmund Waller.

Go, lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd ededd bfbff
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1101 10110111 1111 11010001 11111100 1011 11010101 1111 01011101 11110001 1001 01000101 1011 100100010 111100010 1111 01010111 1101 11010111 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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