This is an analysis of Love Despoiled by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
As lone I sat one summer's day,
With mien dejected, Love came by;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa XbXbX ccccX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 11111101 01010111 01010101 11011101 111001001 11110111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11101111 11010111 01110111 11111101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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