This is an analysis of Come Back by Henry William Herbert.

COME back and bring my life again
That went with thee beyond my will!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgfgf cacahihi djdjkkkkXjbjbgggg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 11111101 11010110 01111111 11110111 11010101 11010101 11110111 01011101 01010011 110100001 11110101 11111101 11010111 111100101 110101101 11110010 11111101 11010101 11110111 0100111001 01011101 11110111 11110101 11110111 11101111 11011101 11010111 11011111 101101001 11011101 01111111 11111101 11110111 11010111 11110111 01011101 11010111 11110111 11110111 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

me, and, no, of

Anaphora

nor