This is an analysis of To May by Ellis Parker Butler.
I have no heart to write verses to May;
I have no heart—yet I’m cheerful today;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 1111011001 1111111001 1111111101 11111011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
Repeated words/phrases
i, no, heart, to, have
Anaphora
i
