This is an analysis of The April Snow-Storm, 1858 by Charles Sangster.

Spread lightly, virgin shower,
Your winding-sheet of snow;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBab Cdcd ebeb Afaf aBab Cdcd Agag
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010 110101 1011010 111101 111111 110101 1011001 110101 110111 111101 110101 1110101 1101010 110111 1101110 010111 1101010 110101 1111010 111101 111111 110101 101101 111101 1101010 011111 1101010 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 29

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