This is an analysis of Must Learn To Live Whitout Thee by Kate Harrington.

I must learn to live without thee, must, unmurmuring, learn to wait
With my soul bowed down within me, weary, lone and desolate;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaaa cXddeeff ggcchhaa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1110101111000101 011110111011100 111111101010111 101011111111101 1010101001010101 101101101010001 011010101010101 101010101010111 111010111110101 111111110110101 1010101011111001 101101101110111 111011101011101 111110010100111001 111110111111111 1001000101110101 111010111111111 101010111011101 1010010111010111 101110110010101 101011100011011 101110111010101 111110101011101 111010101101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

thee, of, i, to, thou, wilt, me, and

Anaphora

i