This is an analysis of Love, Dearest Lady, Such As I Would Speak by Thomas Hood.
Love, dearest Lady, such as I would speak,
Lives not within the humor of the eye;—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXaabbabcXcbX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101011111 1101010001 1101110100 1101000101 1011010111 1001110111 0101000111 0101111111 1100110101 0101110101 10011100010 1111000101 0111010111 1101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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