This is an analysis of Love Song by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Once in the world’s first prime,
When nothing lived or stirred,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeebfbf bgbgcfcf
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 100111 110111 101111 1111001 0101001 111101 10100101 011111 1100111 110111 1101111 111101 010101 1011111 1111101 100101 1011111 010101 01011001 010101 110111 111101 101001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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