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;…

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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