This is an analysis of What Shall I Your True Love Tell? by Francis Thompson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbcccXAdAdebeXAeAXfXfX X
  • Stanza lengths: 0,24,1,
  • Metre: 1111111 10101 1111111 11101 10111101 11101 1101101 1110100 1111111 11101 1111111 1101 10101111 00101 1111011 111110 1111111 10101 1111111 11100 10110111 111001 1110111 101110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

Epiphora

Anadiplosis