This is an analysis of At Pompeii by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
At Pompeii I heard a woman laugh,
And turned to find the reason of her mirth;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdddXeXeefdfcaXa
- Stanza lengths: 20,
- Metre: 110110101 1101010001 1101010001 1100110001 0101000101 0111000101 1011010101 0101000101 110110101 1100010101 1001010111 1001010111 0101111111 1001011111 1101000101 1011010101 110110101 0101011101 0100010110 1100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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