This is an analysis of The Promise Of Spring by Edith Nesbit.

JUST a whisper, half-heard,
But our heart knows the word;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccddeffada ghgffiffhfdddi feedjjffjkkj
  • Stanza lengths: 15,14,12,
  • Metre: 101011 111101 01011 111001 111101 01001 01001 001001 0010001 001101 001001 111101 101011 101011 01001 1011001 1110110 01011 111101 100101 1011 1101 11001 1110010 101101 11110 01110 10110 1101 111001 10011 11111 1011 1101001101 0001111101 10110010010 101110100110 1011001 11011011101 1011101111 11011011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 43

Repeated words/phrases

in, us

Anaphora

the, in, o, all

Epiphora

again, us