This is an analysis of To Kate. (In Lieu Of A Valentine) by Ellis Parker Butler.
Sweet Love and I had oft communed;
We were, indeed, great friends,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa baca Xdcd dbbb edacdXedcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,10,
- Metre: 111111100 100111 11110101 111101 11010111 110111 11011111 011111 11110111 011111 11110111 110101 11110101 111111 10110101 101101 11011101 111101 0111 1101 001101 11110011 110111 01011111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
and, to
Anaphora
and
