This is an analysis of The Sad Years by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
Thou hast encompassed us, indeed, O Lord,
With these sad years. Where does the failure lie…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXaXa cccccccc adddba
- Stanza lengths: 11,8,6,
- Metre: 1101010111 0110110101 0011101101 0101010001 11011100011 1101011011 1110111101 0101111101 0011011011 1111111101 0101010101 111101010 1111010010 111101010 10101010010 111101010 1010101010 111101010 1011101010 0001111111 0011011111 11010111010 0101111100 0111001101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
thy, and, to, hands, feet, cries, hearts, these
Anaphora
hearts, is
