This is an analysis of I Had A Lover Who Betrayed Me by Lesbia Harford.

I had a lover who betrayed me.
First he implored and then gainsaid me.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 110101011 110111101 101111100 111101010 100100011 1010110011 111111010 111001010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

i

Epiphora

me