This is an analysis of A Lover's Messengers by Arlo Bates.

The earliest flowers of spring
To thee, beloved, I bring:…

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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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