This is an analysis of I Said To Love. by Thomas Hardy.

I said to Love,
"It is not now as in old days…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbbacXA DccXbXD AeeaXXA affaXXXA
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,8,
  • Metre: 1101 100111011 11011111 1101 11010101 1101001010 1101 1101 11110111 10110101 0110 110011111 011111000 1101 1101 101111111 11011101 1111 11110100 110100100 1101 10011 11111101 01010101 1100 11110101 11110100 111111010 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

i, we

Epiphora

love