This is an analysis of A Vagabond Song by Bliss William Carman.

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood—
Touch of manner, hint of mood;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101000101010011 1010101 1110101 001010101010101 0100010111101 010101 1110101 01010101010101 101000101010110 1111100 10100101 1111110011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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