This is an analysis of The Snow-Drop by Henry James Pye.

Hail earliest of the opening flowers!
Fair Harbinger of vernal hours!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbaaccddeeffggaabbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11000010010 110001010 11011101 11010101 10110101 11010101 11110101 100010101 110100101 01010001 11110101 101100101 11110101 11010101 10110101 10000111 01010101 10010101 1101101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 110100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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