This is an analysis of Sympathy by Emma Lazarus.
Therefore I dare reveal my private woe,
The secret blots of my imperfect heart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbabaabcdcdXX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111011101 0101010101 1101111110 1101111011 1101111101 1101010111 0111010101 10101111101 1101010111 1011011101 10110110011 10010001111 0101111101 101010101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
nor, i, my
Anaphora
nor, here

