This is an analysis of To Lovers by Ellis Parker Butler.
Ho, ye lovers, list to me;
Warning words have I for thee:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb XXX ccaa XX ddee XXbX ccaaXaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,3,4,2,4,4,7,
- Metre: 1110101 1011111 1111011 0011101 101100111 1110010110 1001011001010 1010111 1011101 1111111 1010111 10111110101 10111001010 0110011 1010101 0010101 1110101 100110010 00010101 11100101 011100100 1110111 1110101 1010101 1000101 1011111 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 27
Repeated words/phrases
ye