This is an analysis of A Proud Lady by Elinor Morton Wylie.

Hate in the world's hand
Can carve and set its seal…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dddd efef gggg gcgcXaeae
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10011 111101 101101 11001 111101001 1111 101100 1101 100101 1101 101001 11001 111011 101101 11101001 101001 111001011 1111 1100001 101011 001111 01101 11100101 10101 110101 01101 1101011 101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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