This is an analysis of In October by Bliss William Carman.

NOW come the rosy dogwoods,
The golden tulip-tree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadcdXcXcXeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1101011 010101 10101010 010111 0111010 010001 1111110 010101 0101010 010101 11010010 110101 1111010 110101 1101110 010001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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