This is an analysis of On Summer by George Moses Horton.
Esteville fire begins to burn;
The auburn fields of harvest rise;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gaga gbgb fafa hdhd hchc XcXc cdcd ghgh Xbaba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 100100101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010011 11010101 01110101 01110001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 10011101 11010101 11010101 110101001 11000101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010001 01011101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11000101 01110101 01000101 10010101 110101001 10110101 110111001 10110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 59
Repeated words/phrases
and, her
Anaphora
the, and