This is an analysis of By The Hearth by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

You come too late;
'Tis far on in November.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccddacbc efgghheXfb fiddjjfbib Xbkkffhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,9,
  • Metre: 1111 1110010 0111 0101 11010011 11101 1001 1100110111 1111010 011101110101 111100 1111010 0101 1111 11011111 0101 0101 11010100101 1101010 0111100111100 1101 011110 0101 0011 11110111 1101 0111 11010110010 0111010 01001010011010 0111 1100010 1011 0101 010111010 11010 101001101 0111010 010111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

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