This is an analysis of My Little Almond Tree by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.

My little almond tree
Is gay with gleaming bloom,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110101 010101 110100 110101 010101 011001 101100 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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