This is an analysis of Had I But Known by James Brunton Stephens.

I loved thee! Ah, those vows of love,
So fondly made, so soon unmade!…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcaC bdbdcccC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11111101 11011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 11110111 11111111 11111111 11011111 01110111 10011111 101110001 11110101 11100001 11110101 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

so, i, my