This is an analysis of I Loved A Lass by George Wither.
I loved a lass, a fair one,
As fair as e’er was seen;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbCBXdedfbCBgbXbfbCBgbgbfbCBeeeeXbCBhihidbcB
- Stanza lengths: 48,
- Metre: 1101011 111111 1101011 010101 111111 111111 1101111 100101 0111010 111101 1001010 111101 111101 111111 1101111 100101 0101010 111111 0101110 111101 111111 111111 1101111 100101 0101010 011111 1111110 110101 010101 010101 1101111 100101 0101110 1101010 1101010 0101110 011101 111101 1101111 100101 0101110 111101 1110010 110001 111111 100101 1101111 100101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
she, me, for
Anaphora
she, for, her
