This is an analysis of A Walk In The Shrubbery by Charlotte Smith.
To the Cistus or Rock Rose, a beautiful plant, whose flowers
expand, and fall off twice in twenty-four hours.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcbcadad ebebfgfXbhbh iiiiaiaihehe cicigdgdjhjh bbbbagXgbaba eeeejkjkXeXe
- Stanza lengths: 10,12,12,12,12,12,
- Metre: 001011101001110 011111010110 01011101 11001010010 1001101 011100010 11110101 11011101 11010101 10010111 11010101 01110101 010100111 01010100 11010101 11010101 11011001 01000100 01110111 01110101 01010001 11010101 11010111 110100101 10010101 11000101 011111010 10111001 111101010 11010101 11111101 01010101 11110001 111100101 100111010 11011101 110100110 01011101 111101011 110010101 11011101 11011101 11110111 11111001 0101001001 11010101 11110111 110101010 01010101 110111010 110101001 11010101 110110101 111100001 11111111 011101010 11110101 010101010 11010111 11010111 110111011 11111101 11110101 111001010 11010101 010111010 01000101 0101001010 11010110 111110010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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