This is an analysis of In Spring by Ernest Christopher Dowson.

See how the trees and the osiers lithe
Are green bedecked and the woods are blithe,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcX bbddece
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,
  • Metre: 110110101 110110111 0111111010 0101001110 1011100 1001001001001 101111111 010100101 10010101 010100111 011100101 10100101 1010001010001 1111111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the