This is an analysis of Song. (From The Spanish) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Ah, Love!
Perjured, false, treacherous Love!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AAXbbccaAAdeeddaAA
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 11 1011001 100 01111111 101 01111101 101 010101001 11 1011001 101 11100101 101 1110111 111 10111001 11 1011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Epiphora

love