This is an analysis of Harbor by Alice Duer Miller.

AND will you rest at last, storm-beaten spirit,
In this poor heart, who would your haven be,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd efefghghXgfgfcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,17,
  • Metre: 10111111010 0011111100 011111100010 0101001000 01011111010 0101010101 01010101010 1111110111 10111101010 1011010111 11010111110 0101111101 11110101110 0101010101 01011101010 1111010101 11110101010 1011111111 10000101010 1001111101 10010111110 1011010101 10110100010 1111110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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