This is an analysis of Queen Victoria by Jean Blewett.

The sunshine streaming through the stainèd glass
Touched her with rosy colors as she stood,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgd hihXbeXf X jkblbbic ag emblebjm akXnhbXfnX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,1,8,2,8,10,
  • Metre: 011101011 1001010111 0101010101 0011011111 1101011111 1110110111 1101110111 1001010101 01001101000 0101011100 01011111011 1111011111 0101011101 1100111101 0101000111 1101010101 1 0101011101 1101110011 0101010111 01010100110 1101001101 10011010001 1101011100 1101011101 0101011101 0101010101 1011001101 0100110101 1011001101 0101110100 1101010111 1101011101 1111011101 1011011100 1100010111 1111001011 1111011101 1101100111 0101010101 1011111111 11110100111 1001010011 1111010101 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 46

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, her, hath, for, dead, so, their

Anaphora

for, to, and