This is an analysis of Dark Friend, What Can I Say? by Mirabai.

Dark Friend, what can I say?
This love I bring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXbXXXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 111111 0111 01011010 11010 10110010 11100 101111010 1011 10111 1010010 101110101001 1010 010111 101011011 110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15