This is an analysis of Restlessness by Emma Lazarus.

Would I had waked this morn where Florence smiles,
A-bloom with beauty, a white rose full-blown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddccXdcaccX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11110011101 0101001111 1101010101 10110101001 010101001 1100011101 1101010101 01011010101 0101011101 0101010100 0101110100 1111010101 0101010111 0100110001 01001010101 11110011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

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