This is an analysis of Dreams by Emma Lazarus.
A DREAM of lilies: all the blooming earth,
A garden full of fairies and of flowers;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dedefXfX gegebbbb aXadhihi
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0101010101 01010101010 0101001101 10111101010 1011010011 1101110101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010011 0101010111 1111110110 11110001011 0111010011 1111011000 010011100111 0111110101 0101010101 1101010101 0101011101 0110110101 1101010101 0101110101 0111010101 1101011001 0101011111 1111010100 1101010011 0011111001 11010010101 0011011101 1101000111 1111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, than, that, what, much
Anaphora
a, the, with
