This is an analysis of The Happy Bird’s Nest by George Moses Horton.
When on my cottage falls the placid shower,
When ev'ning calls the labourer home to rest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb Xbcb cbcbXbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101010 11010100101 11011001010 1101010101 11011110001 1101010101 0101010111 1101010101 11001010110 0111010101 1101010101 11010100101 1101010101 1111000101 1001011101 1101010101 11110010101 11011010101 1111110101 1111010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
when, her, thy
Anaphora
when
