This is an analysis of Penalty by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Because of the fullness of what I had,
All that I have seems poor and vain.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dedeXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0100100111 11111111 01110101011 1110100101 0010100111 11011111 11111100111 1110111101 00110100111 011101101 11101011001 1100100111 0010110111 11110101101 111111001011 01110101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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