This is an analysis of Long Ago by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I loved a maiden, long ago,
She held within her hand my fate;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efXf gXga aeaeXeaedba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,11,
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 10010111 11010101 01000101 10010101 11010001 11011101 11111101 11100101 11011101 11110101 11111111 11110111 11011111 11011101 11010101 11111111 11111111 01110101 11011101 11010111 11110111 011101 1 1
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
her, i, and, you, love
