This is an analysis of Courage by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

There is a courage, a majestic thing
That springs forth from the brow of pain, full-grown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a b b a a b b a c d c d cXd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Metre: 1001000101 10110010111 0101111101 11010010111 1001001100 0101111101 1101111111 110101111101 0101011101 0101010101 1101010101 1001110111 0101110101 1101111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 14