This is an analysis of The Stream Is Flowing From The West by Henry Timrod.

The stream is flowing from the west;
As if it poured from yonder skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa efefgg gegehh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01010001 10010101 010101001 010101 11010001 101011101 11110101 11100011 11001111 110001 000100111 01010111 01111101 11010101 11111111 1101001 01111101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11010101 011001 01011101 01110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

on, to

Anaphora

as, to