This is an analysis of Second Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1010101010101 1111101010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2