This is an analysis of A Letter by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

Two things love can do,
Only two:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbXcD aAccbbD XXe ffe aag cXg
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 11111 101 1011101 0111011 10110 1000111 111 11111 101 0011100 1010101 111111 1111111 111 1111110100 1111111100 0111001 1011110101 1111111111 111111 1111110101 1111010101 110111 0101111101 01110011000 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

can, be, my, i, or, you

Anaphora

to

Epiphora

you