This is an analysis of Off Rough Point by Emma Lazarus.

We sat at twilight nigh the sea,
The fog hung gray and weird.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede fbfb ghgh iaic
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 011111 10110100 010101 11010111 111111 11010101 011111 10010111 010101 11110111 011101 01010101 011101 110011111 101101 11110101 110101 11110101 111100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

we, o