This is an analysis of Compensations by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I: BLIND
When first the shadows fell, like prison bars,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdefeghghaa i biibbiibbjbfj k GgcccceeccdDllkkaa XGgffdD
- Stanza lengths: 1,14,1,13,1,18,7,
- Metre: 11 1101111101 1101011101 1111010101 1101110101 1100110001 1111010101 0101111111 1111010101 1100110101 1101010111 1111010101 1111010101 1101110101 0101110111 11 1101011111 1101010101 1101011101 0100011111 1101110101 0101110111 0111010111 01010001001 110011011 0111010101 1111111101 1001010101 1101110101 110 011101 0101100101 0101111101 110101 100111 0111000101 111101 110111 1101011110 110011010101 1101011101 110101 111111 1111010111 111010 0101010111 010111 111101 011101 010111 1101110101 100101 1101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 57
Repeated words/phrases
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