This is an analysis of Amor Intellectualis by Oscar Wilde.

OFT have we trod the vales of Castaly
And heard sweet notes of sylvan music blown…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbbXaaXcac
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010100 1111010101 0011010101 1101110111 1011010100 1111010111 1101011111 1111011100 011010101 1001010101 0110010100 1001011111 01011000101 1111010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14