This is an analysis of Loss And Gain by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

When I compare
What I have lost with what I have gained,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb accb addb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101 111101111 11110101 10111111 1101 110110101 111100001 110110101 1111 010111001 0110100001 0101001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, what, have

Anaphora

what, how