This is an analysis of Sigh On, Sad Heart, For Love's Eclipse by Thomas Hood.
Sigh on, sad heart, for Love's eclipse
And Beauty's fairest queen,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbXbcdedefbfbebebcgcgeeeehihijkjkgbgblmlmcjcj
- Stanza lengths: 48,
- Metre: 11111101 110101 11111101 010101 01110101 111111 01110101 110001 01010001 110101 11110101 010001 11011111 101101 11010101 110101 01110101 011111 11011101 110101 11011101 1100101 11111111 110101 01110101 011101 111011101 010111 11010101 110101 11110011 010111 11011101 110101 11010111 111101 110110101 110110 01110111 110111 11011101 111101 11111111 110111 10111101 110101 11111101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, 'tis, vain
Anaphora
and, 'tis
