This is an analysis of A Song To Amoret by Henry Vaughan.

If I were dead, and, in my place,
Some fresher youth designed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc bhbh gigi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011011 110101 011011011 111101 01110101 110001 011111001 110101 10111001 110101 11010101 110101 11111101 111101 01010011 110111 10110111 110111 111011 110111 111111001 1101010 10111001 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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