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

Oh, joy of the dying!
At last thou art mine.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbcXc adaacdc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,7,
  • Metre: 110010 11111 110011 010011 01011001001 1001111001 10110110 1001101011 110010 11101 0011010 100010 0101101 11000 001101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Epiphora

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