This is an analysis of Sympathy by Emma Lazarus.

Therefore I dare reveal my private woe,
The secret blots of my imperfect heart,…

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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