This is an analysis of St.Valentine by Jean Blewett.

The girl's a slender thing and fair,
With dimpled cheek and eyes ashine;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaB cbXcB dbddB
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 01010111 01011110 01010101 10011101 01011101 11110101 110010001 010101010 01110001 01011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the