This is an analysis of Stanzas To Love by Mary Darby Robinson.

TELL ME, LOVE, when I rove o'er some far distant plain,
Shall I cherish the passion that dwells in my breast?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gece adad hchgXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111111011101 111001011011 101001011001 101101101001 101001111001 100011011011 101101111011 000101101001 111011001101 1011100001001 111011001001 01001011101 00111100100010 11011001001 111011011001 010110011001 101101111001 101001011001 10101011101 101011011001 11110111001 10111011001 101101011001 1010011010010 11111011001 11011001111 100101101001 11011011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

of, his