This is an analysis of The Supreme Sacrifice by Emma Lazarus.
Well-nigh two thousand years hath Israel
Suffered the scorn of man for love of God;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbcbXX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 111100110 1001011101 0101010101 00110100111 0111010111 1011010011 1011010101 1001010101 0111101111 110110000010 0101010101 01010100010 1001010110 1011111000100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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