This is an analysis of Lines To A Lady by Joseph Rodman Drake.
YES! heaven protect thee, thou gem of the ocean;
Dear land of my sires, though distant thy shores;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc bXaX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 110011110010 1101111011 1111011010010 011010011010 110010111010 110011001101 110011010010 011010111001 111010011010 11101001001 1010110010110 01011101000
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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