This is an analysis of Mine Eyes Were Swift To Know Thee by Robert Louis Stevenson.
MINE eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart
As swift to love. I did become at once…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXbbXXXbX
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 1101011111 1101100111 1101010001 010010101 1111011101 1111111110 1111011111 1101101111 0100010101 1111010101 101111111 1100111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
thine, and, thee, knew
