This is an analysis of Sweetest And Dearest by John Hay.
Vain are all names
To express what thou art,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbabXB acacaXcB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 1111 001111 111101 1011 110111 11110 111111 10110 1001111 1101 10110 01111 001100 11110 1011101 10110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
