This is an analysis of Forward by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Let me look always forward. Never back.
Was I not formed for progress? Otherwise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111111101 0101011101 1111110101 1111111011 1001010101 1100010101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010111 1101011101 1101110111 1101110011 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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