This is an analysis of The Two Loves by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Smoothing soft the nestling head
Of a maiden fancy-led,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd ccc aaa eee ffX eee ffX
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Metre: 1010101 0010101 1011101 1011111 1010111 1111111 1110101 1100101 0011111 1010101 1111101 1110101 10100111 0110101 1010011 1010101 1010011 1010101 1111001 1011101 1011101 11101001 1010101 1010101 1110111 1000111 1010101 1110101 1010101 11101100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 30
