This is an analysis of Fading* by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
She sits beside the window. All who pass
Turn once again to gaze on her sweet face.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada eXec efef cdcd fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101010111 1101011011 1011111101 011001101 11110101001 0111010111 0111010111 1111111101 1111010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101011101 1101110101 01010111010 0111111101 1111011101 11111101111 10010100111 1101010111 1111010101 1111010111 1111001011 1111010111 1111110101 1101110101 1001110001 1111011111 0101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
her, we, and
Anaphora
her