This is an analysis of The Dying Lover by Lord John Wilmot.
I cannot change, as others do,
Though you unjustly scorn;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgbgb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11111111 110111 11011101 010111 10011101 0111011111 11011001 110111 01111001 011101 110101101 010111 11010101 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
you, love
Anaphora
the
