This is an analysis of Eliza Harris by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Like a fawn from the arrow, startled and wild,
A woman swept by us, bearing a child;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffgg hhii eeaa aabb jjbb gggg ddii kkiiXeedd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10100101011 0101111001 001101001001 1011100001011 111001001001 11011011101 11001001001 111101011101 101001111001 11001111001 101001101001 00101101001 111010111011 111100111001 11001011001 111101101011 11111011101 001101011011 11101001001 01010100101001 11101011011 01011001001 10101011001 001001101001 001101101101 01011001111 11011011011 101001001011 11011011001 101011001001 101001101001 111001101101 01001001011 0100101001 11001001001 11001101001 11111001101 001001011001 11011011011 11111001001 0101101001 01001011001 11011001001 11011011001 00100111001 1110101011 11001011111 101001011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, she, of, her, how, where
Anaphora
she, with, the
