This is an analysis of Lines To Helen by Helen Maria Williams.

A NEW-BORN INFANT, 1821.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccbb XXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011101 1111100001 0101111101 1111010101 110111 1101010001 1101000101 111101110010 1101010 1101110101 1101010101 10110111001 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14