This is an analysis of Sicilian Song by Frances Anne Kemble.

I planted in my heart one seed of love,
Water'd with tears and watch'd with sleepless care.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1100111101 1001110101 0111111011 010111101 1011110111 1111111001 1111110011 1001111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

and, my