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

Perhaps the bud lost from the loaded tree
The sweetest blossom of the May would be;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cX cc bb Xaa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,3,
  • Metre: 0101100101 0101000110 1101110111 0101010011 0011111111 1011010110 1011011001 0001111111 0101011101 1001010111 0101011110 0111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 17

Anaphora

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