This is an analysis of The First Spring Day by Augusta Davies Webster.
THE sunshine died long ago,
Stifled out long ago,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aababcca ddedeffd aagaghha iibibddi
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0111101 101101 10100111 1110101 1110110101 001101011 1110111101 1110111101 11101010 1101010 10101001 11011010 1111100111 101001001 1110101111 11101110110 0111101 110101 10100111 11010111 11001000111 101011011 11001101001 110001100111 0111101 1001001 10101011 0101101 10100110101 101001010 01011001001 1111100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, to
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
ago, heaven, anew, earth
