This is an analysis of To Her I Love by James Thomson.
Tell me, thou soul of her I love,
Ah! tell me, whither art thou fled;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110011 11110111 01010101 01010101 11111101 10111101 11010101 11011101 101100111 110100111 10110111 110010101 11010101 01110101 01010101 1011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
