This is an analysis of Belated by Augusta Davies Webster.
BLITHE summer blossom, born too late,
Wilt make my desert garden fair?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XaXa cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010111 11110101 11010101 01000101 11001100 11010011 110000101 11010111 11110101 01110111 100101001 01010101 110111101 10111111 11010101 11001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
