This is an analysis of The Symptoms Of Love by William Cowper.
Would my Delia know if I love, let her take
My last thought at night, and the first when I wake;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb bbb aaa ccc ddd
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Metre: 11101011101 11111101111 011111001101 1011111110001 111001011011 101001101001 101111011011 111111011001 101011111001 101111111011 011001001011 101001011001 11101001011 11001001011 101111101001 11011001011 101111011001 101101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
my, i, her, to
