This is an analysis of The Lost Piece Of Silver by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
HOLY Lord Jesus, Thou wilt search till Thou find
This lost piece of silver,--this treasure enshrined…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110111111 01101001001 0101101011 1101001011 10110111101 110110011101 01101011111 10010010111 01101010001 01000110111 11110011011 1011011001 10110111101 11111011111 110101011101 011010111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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