This is an analysis of You May Have Other Loves, by Lesbia Harford.

You may have other loves,
Red mouths to kiss.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaXabaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 111101 1101 1111 1100010 1100001 1111 1101 111001 1111 1111001 110101 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12