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The Answer by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of The Answer by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

'That we together may sail,
Just as we used to do.'…

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  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 47

Repeated words/phrases

that, or, and, as

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and, the

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