This is an analysis of Two Faces by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.

'Would I could see!' I heard one say but now,
'The strongest woman and the tenderest man…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 89

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, like, has, they, it, that, perish, she, if

Anaphora

and, it

Epiphora

go