This is an analysis of Spring by Celia Thaxter.
The alder by the river
Shakes out her powdery curls;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acdc ceXe cdbd bfaf agdg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101010 1101001 0111010 110111 0101110 111111 0101010 1101101 0111110 110111 0101010 010111 1101110 110101 1001011 010101 1111010 111111 0101110 110111 1101110 1101001 1101010 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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