This is an analysis of Waiting, Waiting by Augusta Davies Webster.

WAITING, waiting. 'Tis so far
To the day that is to come:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1010111 0011001 1110111 1011101 1011101 1111111 1010111 0011111 101010010 1010001 1110101 1111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

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