This is an analysis of Nature And Man by Edith Matilda Thomas.

Oh, the glance of the dew! Oh, the flame of the rose springing forth of the thorn!
Oh, the song of the arrow-marked finch singing love in the front of the morn!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc dddd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101001101001101001 101001011101001001 101001001011001001 101100110111001 0100111000101001 101001011001011101 1010011010101001 00100100111000111 11001110011101 01100100101100101 0101101011001111 00110001111101011 011100101101001 111110101101011 1000100100101111 1101101100101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, oh, o

Anaphora

oh, who, and