This is an analysis of Sic Semper Liberatoribus! by Emma Lazarus.
As one who feels the breathless nightmare grip
His heart-strings, and through visioned horrors fares,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacbdd efeffbb fcfccgg hihiiff ebebbjj gegeekk
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1111010111 01111100101 110110111001 11010010011 01010111101 1101010101 11001100101 10110100111 1101010101 1101010101 110001101101 1001111111 1111110111 1110010100 01111111001 11110110001 11110101001 110010100101 01010010001 0111010101 0101010101 1001010101 11010010111 0100010111 1101011111 0101010101 11111100001 1100010110 11111101101 1101001101 110010110111 1111010101 11001111101 1100011101 0101100101 11011000100 1100010111 1111111001 010010001001 1111110111 1101010111 1011111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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