This is an analysis of Fireflies by Virna Sheard.

True lovers' words are deathless things;
Eros, the little god, and wise,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada aXae eXeX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 10010111 10011001 11000101 11111001 11111011 11010100 11110111 010101001 01110101 11001111 110101000 11011111 11010100 11111101 010001101 11010101 11010110 11011101 100010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

them, words, word

Anaphora

the, and