This is an analysis of Glory by Katharine Lee Bates.

At the crowded gangway they kissed good-bye.
He had half a mind to scold her.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX dedXXecec
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1010101101 11101010 1100101111 01001010 110101011 01001110 1110101011 1111011000 011100111 01101010 11100100101 10110101000 011101101 101011111 1011000101 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16