This is an analysis of Does The Pearl Know? by Helen Hay Whitney.
DOES the pearl know, that in its shade and sheen,
The dreamy rose and tender wavering green,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aaeeffdd ggXXhhdd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011100111 01011101001 1101010101 1101111111 10010111011 0101000101 01001010101 1011 1011110101 11010101001 1101110101 11001111111 1101010101 1011010111 1100111101 1011 1011110101 0111010101 0011110101 11010101001 1101110111 10010101111 1000011111 1011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
Anaphora
does