This is an analysis of Love's Deity by John Donne.
I long to talk with some old lover's ghost,
Who died before the god of love was born.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdd eaeaXdd fXfXcdd dgdgddd
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1101011101 1101010111 1101111111 1111011101 1101010100 1111010100 11101111 1111111111 11001111000 1111011101 0101100001 10010010000 1000110100 11110111 11001010101 0111001111 0101010001 1001000101 10110010100 01001010110 11101111 10110011101 1111011111 1111110111 0101010111 11110110101 1101111110 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
to, i, love
