This is an analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iii: Gods And False Gods: Lxxxi by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

TO ONE WHOM HE HAD LOVED TOO LONG
Why do I cling to thee, sad love? Too long…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aababbabacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 01111111 1111011111 11011010011 1100110101 11010011101 0101101101 1101110101 11010011101 01001110111 0101010011 1111011101 1101111101 1111010101 1111010101 110100001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

to, my, thy

Anaphora

thy

Epiphora

long