This is an analysis of Ah, Moon—and Star! by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXbcXb dXdcd aabXb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,7,5,5,
  • Metre: 1 1111 11101 1011 1011 11111 10100 101011 1111010 001 1010101 101001101 100101 1111 11101 1011011 1011010001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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