This is an analysis of One Tear by Robert Fuller Murray.

Last night, when at parting
Awhile we did stand,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111110 01101 10010 11111 10110 1011 0011110 11011 11110 1101 111110 10101 11111 10101 1011111 00111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

it, lass

Anaphora

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