This is an analysis of An Exhortation To Gentleness by Alice Duer Miller.

You who are strong, and do not know the need
That weaker spirits feel, but do not plead -­…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb ccXc ddXd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101011111 0101111101 1111110101 0111001101 1101011101 0101110111 1001000111 1011101111 0111110100 1111011100 0101111101 1111010011 1111111101 1101110001 1111000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16