This is an analysis of Description Of The Restless State Of A Lover. by Henry Howard.
WHEN youth had led me half the race
That Cupid's scourge had made me run ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd deXe fbXb gfgf bhbh dgdg eXed
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 11011111 11101001 01110110 111111010 11011101 1100100110 11110101 11011101 11111101 01010110 00110101 11111111 11010111 01010110 11010111 111100101 01010101 11010101 01010111 110011111 01010101 1101011 00111111 11111101 01110101 01111111 11010101 11010111 110101000 1100101 01110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Anaphora
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