This is an analysis of Love's Kiss by Helen Hay Whitney.

KISS me but once, and in that space supreme
My whole dark life shall quiver to an end,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111101101 1111110011 1111111101 1101101101 0101000101 1111111101 1101010001 1111111111 1111110101 1111011011 1011110100 1011101111 0101110101 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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