This is an analysis of Afterward by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
There is no vacant chair. The loving meet-
A group unbroken-smitten, who knows how?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fafa gcgc Xcgcg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 1011010101 0101010111 1101010001001 1111110111 0110110111 1100110111 011101010111 1011011110 1011010101 01010100001 101111110111 1111011101 1001010011 1111010101 101100110001 0111010101 1011010101 01100100101 110101010100 1111111111 1101111101 1111010101 0110101010111 0111101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
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