This is an analysis of My Love Is No Gay, Dashing Maid (Song) by Thomas Cowherd.
My love is no gay, dashing maid,
With rosy cheeks and golden curls,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdAA ebebfgfgaA ehehbgbgAA
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
- Metre: 11011101 01011101 11110101 01001011 110010101 111011101 111001101 111010101 111011101 1010100101 11110101 010111001 11110101 11010101 110010101 110010101 111101101 011011101 11011101 1010100101 100101001 11010101 01011101 10011101 111010111 010100101 10111101 110011101 111011101 1010100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
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