This is an analysis of The First Meeting by Robert Fuller Murray.

Last night for the first time, O Heart's Delight,
I held your hand a moment in my own,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1110111101 1111010011 0101011111 1110111111 1111110001 1001010101 1111100101 1101000101 1111010101 1000110111 1111010101 1111010010 1101010101 1001110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14