This is an analysis of Dreams by John Hay.

I love a woman tenderly,
But cannot know if she loves me.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb ccddbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11010100 11010111 11010111 11110101 11010101 11010111 11111110 01010101 01110111 01111111 1101011 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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