This is an analysis of In Exile by Emma Lazarus.

Twilight is here, soft breezes bow the grass,
Day's sounds of various toil break slowly off,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc dededefa gdgdgdhh hhhhhhii jgjgjghh khkhkhff
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1101110101 11010011101 0111010101 1011000111 1001001101 0101100101 1101011101 0111000111 1001010101 1001010111 0101110111 1011110101 1110110001 11010100111 1001010101 1111010101 0101110101 11110101101 01000011101 1111010101 0101010001 0111010001 1101011111 1101001001 110110001011 1001110101 11010011101 0111001101 1101010101 0101010101 01011110111 11010101001 1001011101 0101010101 0110000101 1001010101 0101011011 10101110001 1001001101 11010010101 1101010111 11011101101 1101000101 0111010001 0101011101 0111010011 1001110111 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, to

Anaphora

the