This is an analysis of Lily of the Nile by Martha Lavinia Hoffman.
Queenly lily, fair and fragrant,
I have watched thy charms unroll…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXababa cdbdeaea fghghaha XiXijaja hebefXfa cXedaaXa heXefXfa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101110 1111110 1110110 1011101 101010010 0110111 1001010 1010001 10011110 1010011 11011010 1010101 11101010 011010101 111010010 1010001 11111010 1111101 111010110 1110111 101110110 10100101 11101110 1010001 10101111 1010101 11101010 1011101 11101110 0011101 10011010 1010001 11101010 1010101 10101010 10101001 11101010 1110010 101001110 1010001 01111010 01101100 01101110 00101101 10101110 1000111 01111100 1010001 11111010 1010101 11111010 1000111 11111010 11101100 00111110 1010001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
thy, of
Anaphora
dost, for
