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?…

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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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