This is an analysis of Spring by André Spire.

NOW hand in hand, you little maidens, walk.
Pass in the shadow of the crumbling wall.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcd aXccXcd eceXd X
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,5,1,
  • Metre: 1101110101 10011001001 11110101010 1111110101 11110100011 0101011101 1101010101 11011100101 0111011100 11001011111 1111110001 1011110101 01111111110 1101110101 11011101010 10011101011 11010111001 01010111110 1101010101 01011010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

hand, your, you, walk

Anaphora

walk