This is an analysis of The Lover’s Song by Alfred Austin.
When Winter hoar no longer holds
The young year in his gripe,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbXbccdcDdD aeaXbabaefeFfF gagaagagfhfHhH aiaidjdjXeXEeE
- Stanza lengths: 14,14,14,14,
- Metre: 11011101 011001 11010101 110111 11010101 1000111 11111001 111001 11100101 111111 11010101 010101 01 010101 110100101 110111 11110111 011101 11010101 110101 11010101 010111 11000101 011101 01110101 111001 01 111001 11010101 110101 11010001 110101 01010101 010111 11010111 110101 11000101 010111 01011101 110111 11 110111 11010101 110101 11111111 011101 11011111 011111 11010101 110101 11000101 011101 11010111 110101 01 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, hay, her, their, his, own
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
maid, hay, no, own
