This is an analysis of I Like You And I Love You by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

I LIKE YOU Met I LOVE You, face to face;
The path was narrow, and they could not pass.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb deed
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111111101 0111011111 1111111101 1111010101 11111001111 101111010010 10010111010 0111111101 1111010111 1101110101 1111010101 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, you