This is an analysis of Character by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The sun set, but set not his hope:
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 01111101 110111001 110010100 10110101 11010001 01000001 11111111 1010101 010111001 11110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

his