This is an analysis of New Neighbors by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Within the window's scant recess,
Behind a pink geranium flower,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBab cdef bcac cghg Xhah cdXf aece XbeB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 0101010010 11111111 0101001010 11011100 11010110 01010101 011101000 100110100 100111101 101101001 01110101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 010100101 10110101 11011011 10010111 11011110 11011110 10010101 1110001000 01010101 01111101 11010101 111100101 11000101 0111010010 01110101 0101010010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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