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

Blinded I groped-you gave me sight.
Perplexed I turned-you sent me light.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccXXddeeffeeggcchhffeeiieeiigg
  • Stanza lengths: 36,
  • Metre: 10111111 01111111 11100101 11110011 11110001 1101111 11110100 11110100 11011101 11110111 11010101 11110111 11111111 110010101 1101111 01111101 01110011 11001111 11000101 10111101 10011101 11110100 11010101 11110001 10010101 11000100 11110111 10111100 10011101 1001101 11111110 11010101 01010101 11010011 11011101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

you, i, never, and

Anaphora

i, and, you, nearer