This is an analysis of Hesterna Rosa by Arthur Symons.

When a girl's fancy flutters to a man,
It is but as a bird that flies and cries;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba ccccXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 1011010001 0011011111 1101110100 01110100101 1101100001 1001010100 1011110001 01010000101 11011101010 1110010101 1111010101 11110100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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