This is an analysis of The Ermine by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
I read of the ermine to-day,
Of the ermine who will not step…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcd XaeXe fcaea cagXg Xabfd
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11001001 00101011 1010010010 0101011 01001110 00110101 11011101 01001101 10110110 01011001 11001111 1100101 00101101 11010001 11110111 0101101 1110111 1100110 1111010 1101101 101101011 1011001 101110010 1101101 01001010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
of, to
Anaphora
she
