This is an analysis of She Dried Her Tears by Emily Jane Brontë.

She dried her tears and they did smile
To see her cheeks' returning glow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 01010101 11010101 111100101 01111101 11110101 11111111 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8