This is an analysis of To Carmen Sylva by Emma Lazarus.
Oh, that the golden lyre divine
Whence David smote flame-tones were mine!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXccdd eebbffgg hhaaiiff jckkffff jjeXllkk iiaammdd aaffkkff Xaabbjjii
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Metre: 11010101 11011101 11010111 10010 010111010 110111110 00110101 010 11010101 11111101 111111101 0111 01000101 010010101 11011101 1101 11110101 11010101 101111101 0101 10010101 10110111 1100101 0111 00010101 010101010 0101101101 0101 1001001011 10010111 01010101 11001 11011101 11011101 01010101 0100 10010101 01011001 11010101 01001 11011101 01010101 100100101 0101 110000101 11100101 010010111 1101 111001010 110101110 01010001 1101 100101111 11000111 01010101 1101 11010101 10111011 11010101 0111 11110111 01010101 10111101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
to, his, who
Anaphora
of, an, when
