This is an analysis of Dark-Browed Martha by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
When the frost-king clothed the forests
In a flood of gorgeous dyes,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXd efefegbg ehehibaX ejaXahdX ejajXbXX dgbgebeb bkkkcjaj dbebegag ddkdXkik
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10111010 0010101 11101110 0010001 10101010 1010101 100001010 1100101 10111110 1010101 10111010 0010111 10101010 1011101 10101010 0011101 11101010 1110101 11111110 10010101 11001010 1010001 11111011 1011111 11111010 1011111 10111001 1110111 11101010 10011101 10101011 1110011 11111010 10110111 10111001 1010101 001010100 0011101 10101110 11101110 11111110 0011101 11101010 1110101 11101010 1011101 101001110 1000101 10101010 1011001 10001010 1011101 111001010 1010101 10001011 0011111 11101011 1011101 10111010 0110011 11110110 1110101 110111010 01101001 10101010 1000001 10101110 0011101 111110100 1010101 10101110 1110101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 72
