This is an analysis of Choosing by Augusta Davies Webster.
The thrush that, yet alone, pipes for his mate
Knows she will come in time to build the nest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa XbcXbc
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 0111011101 1101010101 1101010111 1111011101 10110111111 1101010111 1111010101 1111010100 1111111101 1111110111 1111010111 1111011100 1111111001 1111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and, i
Anaphora
knows, and
