This is an analysis of I Prayed, At First, A Little Girl by Emily Dickinson.
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I prayed, at first, a little Girl,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X XXaX bcdX cdXbX XcXc aXXX
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,5,4,4,
- Metre: 1 11110101 0111110 11110101 11110010 01011101 111101 11110101 0101000 11111101 110011 11010 0101 0010000 1101010 110110 01011111 011111 1111010 111101 0111010100 11001010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 22
Anaphora
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