This is an analysis of Bavarian Gentias by David McKee Wright.

Not every man has gentians in his house
in soft September, at slow, sad Michaelmas.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefcef Xggbabd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,7,
  • Metre: 11001110001 01010111100 010010111101 10001111001010010 1 111101101011 1100001101001011 110001101010111 11001011011 10110110110011111111101 110101101 11111001110010 10101101110101101011001110010010 001011100010101 1100010101 1010010010000101 0010101100100110101001001010101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

of, blue, me, where