This is an analysis of If You But Knew by Mathilde Blind.
Ah, if you knew how soon and late
My eyes long for a sight of you,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababB cbcbB dbdbB
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 10111111 11110101 01010111 11001101 0111 10111111 11110101 10110101 11110111 0111 10111111 11111111 11111011 11111111 0111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
you, and
