This is an analysis of The Pine by Augusta Davies Webster.

The elm lets fall its leaves before the frost,
The very oak grows shivering and sere,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101110011 0111010101 1111010101 1101010111 1110011101 1100111111 10111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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