This is an analysis of Spent by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Heart of iron, smile of ice,
Oh! the rock.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabcabc ddeXdef fgdfgdf
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
- Metre: 1010101 101 1111111 011 1110111 11110111 001 1010101 101 1010001 100 1110111 1110111 101 1110101 101 1011111 110 01110101 1111101 101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 23
