This is an analysis of St Michael's Chapel by Emma Lazarus.

When the vexed hubbub of our world of gain
Roars round about me as I walk the street,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011001101 1101111101 01001010101 0101010011 0101011101 10001011101 0101011101 1111110101 0101010101 1101011111 0111010111 0101111100 11001010101 1101001100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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