This is an analysis of Bird Of Hope by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Soar not too high, O bird of Hope!
Because the skies are fair;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cdXd efXf aeee Xgeg fheh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 010111 01011101 110111 11010101 110101 01011111 111011 11111111 011101 0111010 011101 11111101 010101 01110111 010101 10110001 110111 01110111 010111 11111111 111111 01001111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

a, the