This is an analysis of Spring by Charles Duke of Orleans.

The year has changed his mantle cold
Of wind, of rain, of bitter air;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababAabXaA
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01110101 01010101 11110101 01011101 11110111 11011101 01110101 11110101 010101001 010111001 01110101 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

of, or

Anaphora

the