This is an analysis of Aspiration by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta.

The planted seed consigned to common earth,
Disdains to moulder with the baser clay;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbabXXcddccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101000101 1101010101 11011101101 1111000101 11001101001 10110101100 1001010111 1101011101 010101101 11110001001 0101010101 100100001010 111101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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