This is an analysis of Agamemnon’s Tomb by Emma Lazarus.
Uplift the ponderous, golden mask of death,
And let the sun shine on him as it did…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbbcbbc dedeffghhg ieieddhddh ddddcXgccg bbbbddejje
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 10010010101 1101111100 1101001001 0101010001 0101010111 01100110111 0101110001 10110100111 0101010111 10010100101 1101111101 1011011101 1101001101 1101010101 0101111111 011011101 01010010111 1111010111 0101010111 1111110111 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0111010101 11110100101 10001010100 0101000101 1111010111 0111000111 1001010001 1111100101 1111010100 0101010111 1011111101 01001011111 1111011100 11110101001 11011010101 1001010111 1001010101 1111010111 1111000101 0101010101 1001011101 11010101110 11111100101 1101010111 1011100101 11001010101 0101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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