This is an analysis of Truth by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
A rock, for ages, stern and high,
Stood frowning 'gainst the earth and sky,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc bbbbddbb ddcceebbcc ddccddffgghhii
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,10,14,
- Metre: 01110111 11010111 11010101 11010111 11000101 11010101 11011001 01011101 11010101 11100101 10010111 11010101 11110111 11110101 110101001 11010101 11010101 01011101 110011111 11010101 01011101 10010111 11000111 01011101 11000101 010111001 11010001 11010101 11010101 11100101 01010101 100110101 111101001 11010101 01100101 11010101 11011101 01010111 110010101 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
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