This is an analysis of Renewal Of Strength by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

The prison-house in which I live
Is falling to decay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc Xdbd XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010111 010001 11011101 011101 11010101 011101 110110011 110011 01011100 110011 11001101 010111 11010011 101101 11110111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16