This is an analysis of Wings by Emma Lazarus.

DAWN opes her pensive eyes,
In the yet starry skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccdeed ffgffg hhaiia aaagga ffjkkj aahllh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1100101 001101 01001010111 010101 110111 1011010101 011111 110111 1001011101 110111 110101 0101011101 110101 111101 01000101001 110111 1101001 10010010101 100101 010111 0101110111 110101 010001 1101110101 010111 111111 0101010101 110101 011101 0100011101 011111 011101 0101001001 011101 110101 0111011101 111101 011111 1101010101 101101 100101 0100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

her, all, and

Anaphora

a

Epiphora

sings