This is an analysis of Won by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Oh, when I would have loved you, Dear,
The sun of winter hung more near;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd Xccbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,
- Metre: 11111111 01010111 11111111 011100111 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010001 01110111 11010101 11110111 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
sweet, so