This is an analysis of Song In Exile by Alice Duer Miller.

THE rustling palms bend readily
Between the sun and me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXb Xacbcb dedeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01011100 010111 01111100 010101 111010111 0010001 1001100 110100 1101010 0101010 1110110111 110111 0101010 10100101 0111110 00100101 1110110101 1010011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18