This is an analysis of Paris by Guy Wetmore Carryl.

I knew when first I looked into her eyes,
And she in mine, that what has been must be,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dcdcacac dedefgfgXaaaacaca
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
  • Metre: 1111110001 1101111010 1111011101 111101 1111011111 1011010101 1101011101 110001 1001111101 1111001100 1111110111 110111 11011011111 11010010101 1111010011 110101 0010010101 11101110110 1111010011 1111010 1011111101 0101100101 1011010111 110100 1111110111 0111011111 1101010101 111100 10110110001 0111010101 1101010001 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

she, her, and, i

Anaphora

and, she