This is an analysis of To Eva by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

O Fair and stately maid, whose eye
Was kindled in the upper sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb bbdddd eaea cfXf Xgdg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110111 11000101 10111101 11110101 110101010 010001 11110101 10110111 11110100 11011101 11010111 010111001 11111111 110100111 11011101 111011 01110101 110101 11110111 010111 101110101 110101 101110001 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24