This is an analysis of Sigh Not For Love by Helen Hay Whitney.
SIGH not for love,—the ways of love are dark!
Sweet Child, hold up the hollow of your hand…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcXbaabccba
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 1111010111 1111010011 1101110001 1101110101 1111001111 1111010111 1111110101 0101010101 1111010101 00110100101 1111110101 1111010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
