This is an analysis of The Sparrow's Fall by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Too frail to soar -- a feeble thing --
It fell to earth with fluttering wing;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa aadd eebb ffdd ddggXggdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 010101001 11110101 10110101 11010101 100100101 11110111 11010101 10011101 01011101 01110101 110010101 01011101 11010001 11010101 11010111 010011101 110010101 11011101 111010101 11011101 01110111 011110101 010010101 001110101 10010111 11110101 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Anaphora
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