This is an analysis of Forest Sounds by Alma Frances McCollum.

Who, in the pines, may hear low voices raised
To chant in suppliant tone?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXdXcaca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 1001111101 010101 1101010111 1000101 0101000101 110100 0101110100 110101 1101010101 110101 11001010111 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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