This is an analysis of Maiden Lips. by Robert Crawford.

O Sweet, thy lips, how sweet their kisses are!
Rarer than rosy dewdrops amorous…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1011010100 1001110101 110001011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4