This is an analysis of A Welcome To Mrs. Frances D. Gage by Kate Harrington.

I wait thy coming, honored friend,
With tenderness and tears,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcccb bbdddb Xeeeee caeeea fdcccd baeeea XXggXf hghhhg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11110101 010011 110010101 11110111 01001101 010100 11110101 011101 01110101 01001111 11110101 010100 010011101 111101 110010101 11110101 11101111 110101 01110101 010101 01010101 01000101 11011101 100101 01010111 111101 111111001 11011101 11010111 0100101 11001101 110101 01110111 01010101 01001101 011101 010010101 101100 111101010 010101010 010100110 011111 11110101 0101010 11010001 11010111 01010001 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

of, its

Anaphora

of, the, awaits, to