This is an analysis of To My Inconstant Mistress by Thomas Carew.
When thou, poor excommunicate
From all the joys of love, shalt see…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababX cdcdd ebebX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 11110101 01010111 010111001 11111101 11110100 01011111 11111101 10110111 11111101 11010101 11111001 01110101 11111011 11011110 11111000
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
