This is an analysis of Echoes by Emma Lazarus.

Late-born and woman-souled I dare not hope,
The freshness of the elder lays, the might…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110101111 0100010101 0101010101 0111011111 1111110111 00111100101 0101110001 1001111101 1011001111 100011011111 100110101111 1011001101 1011110101 0101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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