This is an analysis of Fame by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

If I should die, to-day,
To-morrow, maybe, the world would see…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbaaccddXaee feXfddgXgXaghh
  • Stanza lengths: 15,14,
  • Metre: 011101 010100111 1100111 1011101111 11101001101 0111 101001 01110 01010 111111001 001100101 11001101010 111111111111 1001011001 1110101111 11101010 1001001101 1100110111 10110110 1010111111 1101100011 111011110 000101001 111110101 0010100100100 111110111 011011111 1100110101 10111111011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 29

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