This is an analysis of They Know Not My Heart by Thomas Moore.

They know not my heart, who believe there can be
One stain of this earth in its feelings for thee;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa cccccc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11111101110 11001001011 111111010110 111010111010 111111101101 11101101001 11001111101 101111101001 00111101101 101001111011 1011110110011 011001011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12