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…

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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