This is an analysis of I'M Like All Lovers, Wanting Love To Be by Lesbia Harford.

I'm like all lovers, wanting love to be
A very mighty thing for you and me.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaaaacchhaa
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 0111010100 0101011111 01011110010 11110110010 0101011011 1111111101 111010110101 1101011101 1111111101 1111011111 1111010111 0111111101 1111110101 1101010011 1111111100 1110111111 01111101001 11010111001 1111110101 1111010111 1111001111 1101010001 11100011111 11111101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, your, not, for

Anaphora

and