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 ;…

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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