This is an analysis of Ophelia by Elinor Morton Wylie.

My locks are shorn for sorrow
Of love which may not be;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111110 011110 0111011 110100 010110 11011 011010 11101 1100110 001101 1111110 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12