This is an analysis of A Lover's Messengers by Arlo Bates.
The earliest flowers of spring
To thee, beloved, I bring:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaababXbccccdcedfdfee
- Stanza lengths: 21,
- Metre: 010010001 0101011 101110101 0101010101 11111111 11001111111 01011101010 1101110101 0111010101 0101001111 0101110101 11010101 0101011101 10111101 0101010101 1101010101 111100111 101011111 11010100111 1101001101 1101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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