This is an analysis of When Love Is Lost by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
When love is lost, the day sets towards the night,
Albeit the morning sun may still be bright,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba aabA XaabbaA
- Stanza lengths: 5,4,7,
- Metre: 11010110101 01001011101 1111110101 1001010101 1001010001 1101010101 1111110001 1111110001 1101 1101001101 1111010111 11010101011 1111010111 1111011101 1101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
no, love
