This is an analysis of A Little Old Maid by Harriet Monroe.
She grew, like other girls and flowers,
Sheltered and tended daintily;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc Xdcd ecec XbXb cfcf dgdg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111101110 10110100 110111010 01110100 11010111 01010111 11111101 01110101 001100100 11111111 11010111 01010101 11110101 11001101 10010101 11011101 01010110 11110101 01010101 01100101 11011110 10010101 11000111 100111000 110010101 11010111 01111101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, of
Anadiplosis
afraid
