This is an analysis of The Dewdrop by Joseph Skipsey.
AH, be not vain. In yon flower-bell,
As rare a pearl, did I appear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 101101101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 01111001 10010001 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
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