This is an analysis of To The Snowdrop by Charlotte Smith.

Like pendent flakes of vegetating snow,
The early herald of the infant year,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXcd dede fcfc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010001 0101000101 110010010101 0101011101 1101111001 1101000101 11011101010 0101001101 1111010111 0101010111 1011110101 11111000101 110010011001 1111010101 11001000111 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16