This is an analysis of To Memory by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge.

Strange Power, I know not what thou art,
Murderer or mistress of my heart.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc dXeedd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 110111111 100110011 11110101 01110101 11111100 11010111 11110111 11010110 10001101 11010101 11111101 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12