This is an analysis of Jealousy by Rupert Brooke.

When I see you, who were so wise and cool,
Gazing with silly sickness on that fool…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffdbgghhhhhiiiijjjjkkXggcXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 38,
  • Metre: 1111101111 1001010111 11011010101 101100011101 1111011111 11001100101 0011110101 0111111101 11011010101 111101100111 1011001111 1111010101 1011110101 11010101001 1101110111 11111110111 1101110111 01010101001 11001011101 1111010 1101 1111010111 1111111111 0111001001011 1011110111 1011010111 10001010110 11011111010 10011101110 01111111010 110101101110 1101010 1111 1111011101 11111111 11 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 37

Repeated words/phrases

and, love, to

Anaphora

of, and

Epiphora

you