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…
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