This is an analysis of If I Were Fair by Marian Osborne.
If only I were fair,
Or had some charm to bind…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbccbaA AaXcXaA AXddXaA AecceaA AfccfaA
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 010101 111101 010101 010001 111101 111101 010101 010101 111101 111100 0101001 1101010 111111 010101 010101 011111 110111 111001 101000 011111 010101 010101 111101 110101 110101 110101 111101 010101 010101 1101001 011101 010111 110111 111111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
if
Epiphora
fair
