This is an analysis of On The South Downs by Francis William Bourdillon.

Light falls the rain
On link and laine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccbddb aabccbXccabba
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,13,
  • Metre: 1101 1111 100101 1011 1111 010101 1101 0101 0101011 1111 1101 011101 1011 1101 1100101 1011 01111 110101 1101 1111 011111 1111 1110 110110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24