This is an analysis of A Road Song In May by Francis Joseph Sherman.

O come! Is it not surely May?
The year is at its poise today.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabba ccddc dddddXbbaab
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 11001101 01010101 10110101 001010001 01110101 110101001 11110111 01110001 101010101 10110111 11010111 01110101 011111010 011101010 01110101 11110001 01010101 11110111 11110100 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 21