This is an analysis of The Song Sparrow by Archibald Lampman.

Fair little scout, that when the iron year
Changes, and the first fleecy clouds deploy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaXdddee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1010110101 1001010101 1011011101 11010010111 1111000101 11001110111 1101011111 1100111000 0111111011 1101010101 01111010101 10110101010 01010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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