This is an analysis of The Forfeiture by Henry King.

My Dearest, To let you or the world know
What Debt of service I do truly ow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffggccaa
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 1100111011 1101011101 011000100010 010100100010 0111000101 0101000101 0101011101 10111110100 1101011111 1100010101 1111011101 1111011101 1111110001 1111111101 1100110101 1101110110 1111110101 0100010111 1111010101 1111110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

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