This is an analysis of A Song Of The Four Seasons by Henry Austin Dobson.

When Spring comes laughing
By vale and hill,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacXc daXaefcf XgeghfXf diaiahah
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 101110 1111 111010 1101 11010 1101 11010 1111 11010 11011 11110 0101 11110 1111 11110 1111 11010 0101 11110 0111 11010 1101 11010 1111 11110 0111 111010 1101 11110 0111 11110 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

sing, and

Anaphora

by, sing, and