This is an analysis of The Violet And The Rose by Augusta Davies Webster.

The violet in the wood, that's sweet to-day,
Is longer sweet than roses of red June;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 01000011101 0101110011 1111000111 11011101111 1100111101 11111100111 1101110011 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

sweet, why, not

Anaphora

why