This is an analysis of A Portrait by Arthur Henry Adams.
HER glance is equable, serene;
She looks at life with level brow;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdceaeaeXfgXghihihXiaiaifgfgf
- Stanza lengths: 36,
- Metre: 01010001 11110101 11110101 01011101 10011011 100111010 10010101 010111010 11011101 111011110 11110001 0110001 010100101 01010101 010110001 110101000 11110101 100010111 11000110 01010001 10110101 01010111 01110111 01011111 01010111 10010111 01000101 01010111 11010101 10010111 11110001 11010101 01010101 11011101 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
she, and, her
Anaphora
she, her, a
