This is an analysis of To Phyllis And May by Ellis Parker Butler.

O! fair, sweet Phyllis and sweet, fair May,
Which of you carried my heart away?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 111101111 101101101 111111101 110101001 1110101111 111101111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6