This is an analysis of Influence by Emma Lazarus.

The fervent, pale-faced Mother ere she sleep,
Looks out upon the zigzag-lighted square,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcebebff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110111 1101010101 0100110111 0101000111 10111101010 0101110101 1101110101 100101101010 00010111010 1101011101 111010001110 1011010101 1100111111 1010011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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