This is an analysis of The First Christmas Apart by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
The shadows watch about the house;
Silent as they, I come.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa Xbcb ddcd cefe fgeg dfaf dhfh ggXg Xbbfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 01110101 101111 10011101 111101 01010101 011001 11000101 010111 11010101 110111 11010001 011101 11111101 010111 01010101 110101 01011111 110111 101111101 011101 11011101 101101 11111101 111101 10011111 1101011 10011111 0101111 101101110 111101 01111111 110111 01111111 1011111 01011101 110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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