This is an analysis of Despair's Advantage Is Achieved by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XaX a XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,3,1,4,
  • Metre: 1 10010001 11000000 00010001 11011100 010001001 010001 01011100 111101 010001100 10011000 0101100 0101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 13

Anaphora

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