This is an analysis of The Room's Width by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

I think if I should cross the room,
Far as fear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb caXa XdXX Xada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 111 11011101 111 10100111 011 11101111 111 11110101 111 11111111 101 10111111 101 11011101 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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