This is an analysis of Birthday Verses by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Arise, and call her blessed,-seventy years!
Each one a tongue to speak for her, who needs…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcXXdeXfX gfaXcXhbXiagib ajaekkhjXkdkhbceaacX
- Stanza lengths: 11,14,20,
- Metre: 0111011000 1101011011 1101010101 0100010011 0111110101 1101011000 0101010100 0100100010 0100011110 0101010011 0111010101 011101111 1101010111 1111010101 0101111000 1101010001 100010111001 1100010111 010110111 1101010111 11010001101 1111010111 1011000101 1101010111 0111110111 011101101 1111010101 0101011001 1101011100 0111010111 1100010111 1111011101 11010111101 1111111001 110101101 0111010100 1011011101 1111110101 1101111101 0101010111 1011010100 0101110101 1111010100 0111010101 0111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 47
Repeated words/phrases
her, to, of
Anaphora
of, the, she
Anadiplosis
her
