This is an analysis of A Question by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

If there be a land
Where our longings stand,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaXcddee ccffgghhiiee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 01001 11101 110111 011111 010111 110111 11110 10101110 1010111 010111 11010100 1111010101 00101 11101 111101 111101 001001 101111 11010 00111010 1010111 010111 10110100 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

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