This is an analysis of Sonnet by Emma Lazarus.

STILL northward is the central mount of Maine,
From whose high crown the rugged forests seem…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaadaXdee
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1100010101 0111010101 1101110101 1101011101 1001000101 10010010101 0111010101 01011100111 1001110101 0011111111 11010110001 1101111100 11001111101 1111011101 11011010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15