This is an analysis of And Is Love Very Strong Where Honour Rules? by Lesbia Harford.

And is love very strong where honour rules?
Would the world ever speak of Lancelot's love…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccdeXaefcbdfc
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1011011101 10110101001 1101111101 1111010011 1111011101 1101011001 1111110111 1100010101 111000101 1011110100 1011111111 1011011101 1101110101 1101110101 1100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

love, she, and

Anaphora

lovers