This is an analysis of To A Lost Love by Ernest Christopher Dowson.

I seek no more to bridge the gulf that lies
Betwixt our separate ways;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bccbb Xddee
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1111010111 0111011 110111 110111 11011010011 1011110101 101111 111101 110111 1111110101 1101010111 011111 101101 111101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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