This is an analysis of Work by Emma Lazarus.

Yet life is not a vision nor a prayer,
But stubborn work; she may not shun her task.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghii
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101111101 1001010101 0101010101 1111010111 1101011101 11010010101 0100110101 1101010111 1111010011 001100111001 1101010101 1111010101 1101100101 11110010111 1111100101 1111110111 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

her, she, new