This is an analysis of The Piper by Francis William Bourdillon.
The dews were on the hedges,
The mist was on the mead,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcbcb dedeXfXf gagacXcb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 0101010 011101 1101010 111101 1111010 110101 1101010 111101 0110010 010001 0111110 110111 1101110 010101 1111100 110111 0111110 010101 1111110 010101 1111010 1111100 1101010 101111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
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