This is an analysis of Mater Amabilis by Emma Lazarus.

Down the goldenest of streams,
Tide of dreams,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeaae fXfddf aaagga hhcddc ffijji kkkddk ggfaaf ccaXkX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1010001 101 0110111 10100101 011 10101110111 1010101 001 1010101 1010101 001 10101110101 10110010 1100 10110101 1010001 101 00101010101 1111101 110 1010101 10010111 111 101111101111 1111101 101 1010101 1010101 101 11101010101 1111111 111 1000101 10111010 1010 01101011101 0010111 101 1110111 1100101 101 101001010101 1110101 101 0010101 101101 011 11101110111 1010001 111 1111111 11111100 101 111001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

shall