This is an analysis of Love Cannot Die by John Clare.

In crime and enmity they lie
Who sin and tell us love can die,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAbBccAA ddaXeebBXeeddeeAA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,17,
  • Metre: 01110011 11111111 11010101 11010111 010011101 011101001 010010011 11111111 11011101 01010101 01010101 11111100 01110101 01011101 11110101 11010111 01011101 01011101 01010001 11000101 01011100 01110101 010010011 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, that, love, sweetest

Anaphora

who, the