This is an analysis of Anacreon's Apology by Gamaliel Bradford.

An eye where love with laughter twinkles,
And songs on kisses still insistent,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 111101010 111101010 100101110 011111010 011111010 011111110 110101010 111101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8