This is an analysis of Song Intended To Have Been Sung In 'she Stoops To Conquer' by Oliver Goldsmith.

AH me! when shall I marry me?
Lovers are plenty; but fail to relieve me:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 10110110011 11111101 1001110011 11010110010 1011011110010 111100110100 11010010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

me, to

Epiphora

me