This is an analysis of Ah, Koelue by Isaac Rosenberg.

Ah, Koelue!
Had you embalmed your beauty, so…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcdXXaeffXXXgcfebgdb
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 11 11011101 011101 110101 10010111 001010011 0111 110010100100 10010111 10110011 1110111 101111011 011101 1011010 11011111101 0101101 1111110011 1101001001 101001 110101 111001 11010101001 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23