This is an analysis of Modern Love Xxvi: Love Ere He Bleeds by George Meredith.
Love ere he bleeds, an eagle in high skies,
Has earth beneath his wings: from reddened eve…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddceXXefggf
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 1111110011 11010101001 1101010111 0101011111 1101011101 1110010011 1111010011 1010010101 0101011101 1101001101 10000010111 1101010101 1111011001 0111110101 1011011111 1111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
he, i, you
