This is an analysis of An Acknowledgment by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

For the faith that is not broken
By the burden of the day;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXacaXcbcXdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 10110110 1010001 10110110 1011101 101011000 0011101 10110110 10100101 10101101 1010011 11111011 0110111 11111110 1011111 10101110 110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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