This is an analysis of Deserted Nests by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
I'd rather see an empty bough,-
A dreary, weary bough that hung…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdad Xece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 01010111 11010111 11011101 11010111 01001101 11101011 11101011 10110001 11010111 01000101 01111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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