This is an analysis of From Lightning And Tempest by Adam Lindsay Gordon.
The spring-wind pass'd through the forest, and whispered low in the leaves,
And the cedar toss'd her head, and the oak stood firm in his pride ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccacX dedebbcbX
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,
- Metre: 0011110101101001 101010110111001 001111011010010011 110100100110101 101101001 011011011 11101101011011010 1111101111101011 11101001011011010 011100100111001 1011100110111001 11110101011110101 1010111100110001 101111111 111111111 110100101111001 11011111011110111 1111110101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
and, in, through, our, as, to, we
Anaphora
and, our