This is an analysis of Remorse by John Hay.

Sad is the thought of sunniest days
Of love and rapture perished,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dadXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 10010101 0111010 111100101 0111010 10000101 1111110 11000101 1101010 10011101 01110010 01110101 0100010 11010101 101001110 1010101111 00101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16