This is an analysis of Of A Family Of Reformers by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

Push the bursting buds away,
Throw aside the ripened roses,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcCcaa dedecccaa fefecCcaX bgbgcccaa dhdhcccaa fificCcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 1010101 10101010 1011101 10101100 0010101 111 111 111101 111101 1010101 10101010 1110101 110101110 1000101 111 111 111101 111101 11010101 110111010 01000111 110111110 1010101 111 111 111101 110111 0101011 011101010 10110001 010101010 01110101 111 111 1011101 111101 01001101 010101010 00110101 01011111 01010111 101 111 111101 111101 01010011 010101110 010101000 0101010010 1110101 111 111 111101 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 59

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the