This is an analysis of The Surrender by Henry King.
MY once dear love, hapless that I no more
Must call thee so, the rich affection's store…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebbXbXcff gghhii ffffccXgXii
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,10,6,11,
- Metre: 1111101111 1111011001 1111110111 1101010101 1101010101 0111001101 1001011001 1101011001 11010111011 01011001001 0111111101 1011011111 1101111101 10010101101 0001011011 1011010011 1101011110 1101110111 111111001 10110110001 1011111101 1101110101 1111010001 1111110001 1011010101 1101010101 1111010101 1111111101 1111111101 1111011101 100111101 0101110100 0011110101 1011110111 1001011110 01011101001 1101111101 1001100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
to, with, that, witness, thy
Anaphora
beyond