This is an analysis of A Word To The 'Elect' by Anne Brontë.
You may rejoice to think yourselves secure;
You may be grateful for the gift divine --…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd abXb efeg hchc bgbf cbcb ifif hehe ijij fcfc hhhhXb
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
- Metre: 1101011001 1101010101 1110111111 11111101001 1001010111 1001001100 1101111111 1111011101 11001111101 01010101110 01110101010 110101001010 11001111101 0111010011 0101010101 1111010100 1111010111 1111001101 01010010101 1111110101 1111011101 0101010100 1111011101 1101110101 1101010111 10000101010 1111010101 11110101010 11110111 011111 11010101 111110 11010111 011111 11010101 010101 110010111 010101 11110101 011101 11110101 110101 01110101 011101 11010101 010101 11011101 111111 10
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, you, your
Anaphora
you, because, and
