This is an analysis of Alas, What Shall I Do For Love? by Henry VIII, King of England.
Alas, what shall I do for love?
For love, alasse, what shall I do?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 01111111 11101111 1111 1111 011110 10
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
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