This is an analysis of Emmy by Arthur Symons.

Emmy's exquisite youth and her virginal air,
Eyes and teeth in the flash of a musical smile,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd baba ebeb efefXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 101001101001 111001001001 101100111101 11101101 1010101111 11110100101 11110101111 101001 100100100101 10010101001 10101000101001 10111011 10010101011 11100101011 100100110111 110101 110010100101 111011001001 10100111001001 1100111 1111111101 1010111111 11111101001 1101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, her, of, soul