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

Blame not my tears, love, to you has been given
The brightest, best gift, God to mortals allows;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdbdbefef
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11111011010 01011101001 011011111010 11011101101 11111110110 11011011001 1110100011110 010111011010 110111010110 01001011001 0110111011110 1010111001101 11111101101 111011101101 111001001101 101001001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

you, to

Anaphora

the