This is an analysis of Be Still by Trumbull Stickney.

Be still. The Hanging Gardens were a dream
That over Persian roses flew to kiss…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabaabcddece
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010001 1101010101 011001000 1101111001 1011011101 01001010101 1011010111 0101011100 0111011111 11111100101 1100010011 1101110101 10010111101 1101110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thy, thou