This is an analysis of Only A Chromo by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
A blessing on the Art that dares
(Cold critic, call it what you may!)…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac Xded Xfgf Xhbh ebib iheh Xhah aiXi ejhj jaaa hiki jidi alel ekik bmam llhl aege XmXm Xcbab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 01010111 11010111 11010101 01011011 11010111 010110101 101010001 11110111 10011100 01010101 01010101 11000101 10010100 01010100 11010101 110100100 101101110 01111111 11110101 11000101 10010111 110010011 11011101 11011101 11110011 11110011 011100011 11001001 11010101 01010100 11011101 01011111 01110111 01010101 11010100 01010101 11010101 11111101 111000101 11000101 11111101 11011101 01011101 01010111 11010111 11011101 01000101 010001001 11000001 01000101 0100111001 01000101 01010111 11111100 11011101 11110101 11111101 01110101 01010100 11010101 11010101 11110001 111111010 01010111 11010101 01010101 11011100 11000101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11010001 11010101 110010111 110101001 110010011 11010111 01111111 11110101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 99
Repeated words/phrases
of, human
Anaphora
how, i, o, they
