This is an analysis of In A Southern Garden by Dorothea Mackeller.

WHEN the tall bamboos are clicking to the restless little breeze,
And bats begin their jerky skimming flight,…

Browse poems by Dorothea Mackeller

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXeX fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101101100010101 1101110101 1010101000110001 1100010001 101000101010101 1101010101 101011101010101 1100010101 001111101011101 1101010001 101010101010001 1101011100 101010100010101 1101010101 001000101010101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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