This is an analysis of I Chide Not At The Seasons by Alfred Austin.

I chide not at the seasons, for if Spring
With backward look refuses to be fair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110101001 0101010001 1111110111 1111000111 1101011101 0111010111 0101010111 01110101001 1101011101 1111010101 11110011111 11100011111 1111010101 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

her, and