This is an analysis of Noble Sisters by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

'Now did you mark a falcon,
Sister dear, sister dear,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

his, lie, him

Anaphora

sat, and

Epiphora

lie