This is an analysis of Magnetism by Emma Lazarus.

By the impulse of my will,
By the red flame in my blood,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcdcdefefghghijijkkkklhhhlblbijXXaBaBjljl
  • Stanza lengths: 44,
  • Metre: 1001010 1011011 11100101 1010011 11010010 10101001 10111010 1010111 1011101 1111111 1011101 1110101 1111111 0110111 10101001 1011101 11101101 1111100 0111101 1110101 1111101 10111001 1110111 1010111 1011001 11100001 1110111 0110101 1110101 1010101 1110001 1110111 1111111 1010111 11100101 1110100 1110010 1011011 11100101 1010011 1110111 1101011 1010111 1111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

by, my, i, and, her

Anaphora

by, my, and

Epiphora

eyes