This is an analysis of The Lost Bells by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Year after year the artist wrought
With earnest, loving care,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb bada aefe Xaaa gbfb fdcd gded XdXd ccfc fcfc bhah aXfg dXaa hXXb Xbgb digi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 10110111 110101 11000111 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11011101 010101 11010111 1001001 01000101 110011 11110111 110101 11010011 110101 11010001 011001 11011101 110101 10010101 010111 11011101 011111 01110100 010111 01010101 011101 11010101 011111 110100011 010111 11010111 000101 11110111 110101 10010101 110101 10111101 110110 11010111 111101 1101000111 10111110 01010101 110101 11110111 0100110 01010100 110101 01011101 100001 01110101 110111 11111101 110011 01011101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
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