This is an analysis of An Answer by Frances Anne Kemble.

Could I be sure that I should die
The moment you had ceased to love me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXababacacca
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 11011111 010111011 11111100 011101111 11011101 11001101 11110101 111111001 11110011 11100101 11010111 10110111 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13

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