This is an analysis of Divided by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

If an angel that I know
Should now enter, sliding low…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddXccX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 0110111 1110101 10101011110101 1011111 0010001 11101010111 1110101 1110101 11101110110101 111101 1010011 111001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13