This is an analysis of Weep No More, My Lady; O, Weep No More To-Day! by Stephen Collins Foster.

Weep no more, my lady; O, weep no more to-day!
We'll sing one song for the old Kentucky home,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABA cdcdeeeE X fgfgfefEXABA
  • Stanza lengths: 3,8,1,12,
  • Metre: 111110111101 11111010101 1110101101 11111010101 101101101 11111010001 101101101 011110111001 01011101 01111010101 111010101 1111101100 01111010101 01001011 01111010101 001101011 0111010101 110001001 01111110101 111010101 111110111101 11111010101 1110101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

for, no, more, by