This is an analysis of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010011 01001010101 1111111111 0101000111 0001010101 1001100101 1111001101 0111011101 101011101011 010110111011 1101010011 0100101101 1101010101 11110101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

her, your