This is an analysis of A Song by Thomas Carew.

Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeee eeddXeeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11111101 11010101 101101011 110101101 11111011 01010001 101110001 11000111 11111011 01001101 10110101 11011101 11111111 11010101 10111111 1011011 11110111 01010101 11011111 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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