This is an analysis of The Bond. by Robert Crawford.

Love me for Love's sake till the dream is done,
And when we waken let us part for aye!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccabdXdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111011111 1110000101 1111110010 0111010101 1011110011 1101010101 1111000101 1111001101 1101000101 1011010100 1101010101 110101010 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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