This is an analysis of When I Shall Rise by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
When I shall rise, and full of many fears,
Set forth upon my last long journey, lone,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcaXaXdadXXce XXeX
- Stanza lengths: 16,4,
- Metre: 1111110101 1101111101 11010100101 0101010111 10010011101 1111010111 1101111101 1111010101 1101010111 11001101111 1001011101 1111011111 1000110101 1111011100 1101100101 1101010111 1101111101 0111011100 0101111111 10110111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
i, to, and
