This is an analysis of Earth Voices by Bliss William Carman.
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I heard the spring wind whisper…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaAabcdcedXd Xfgf cXcX agAg ehbh hidi agbg bXgX aaAa agfg fede dhdh fadhX ahch bhXX
- Stanza lengths: 13,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,
- Metre: 1 11001110 0101010 1101010 0011010 1101010 010101 1101011 110101 1101001 110101 0111000 010101 1001010 110101 1111110 010111 1001010 110101 1101010 0101010 11001110 010101 1101010 010001 1101010 110101 0101010 110011 1101010 110101 1100010 110001 1101010 101101 1101010 0101001 1001010 110101 0101010 1100010 11001110 0101110 1101010 0100110 1101010 110101 1111010 010011 11010010 110101 1101010 010111 1101110 0100001 1111010 010001 110101 0 010101 1101010 0100010 1100110 100101 1001010 011111 1001010 110111 0111010 010110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
i, my
Anadiplosis
i
