This is an analysis of Lohengrin: Proem by Emma Lazarus.
THE alert and valiant faith that could respond,
Upon life's threshold, to the highest call,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcd eceddXX fefeeff aeXeebb
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 00111011101 0111100101 0100011101 1001110001 11010101000 1101001110 0101110100 0101110111 1101011111 0101010101 0101010100 0101010100 0101011101 0101000011 1111110111 0100110111 1101110101 0100001101 01100010101 1001011111 0101010101 1101000111 1101001101 110101100 0101011101 1001000101 0111110111 0101110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
and, no
Anaphora
and, the, no
