This is an analysis of The Summer Bower by Henry Timrod.
It is a place whither I've often gone
For peace, and found it, secret, hushed, and cool,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdddefgacfehgefdihXjkedbjddeXddjkXiefhkeeXaelkebeeecekhlcXXeeacXke
- Stanza lengths: 69,
- Metre: 0001101101 1111010111 01000101001 100100111011 10100110001 1001010011 10011111101 11010010101 10011000101 0101100100 1001011101 1011010101 1110101001 1011010101 1111111101 01011111010 1001111111 1111011111 11010010100 0101000011 0101010101 0111010111 0111010001 1011111101 1101110111 1101111101 1001010011 111 1010111111 1111011101 0111010111 1111010111 0111000111 1100011111 1011110101 10001011111 1010010 101 10010010111 1001110101 10011110101 1111010001 01010001001 1111010011 1101110111 11011100010 010111011 101101 0101 1100011101 0101010101 1111010001 11000110111 1111011111 11101101001 1111000101 1110010100 1001010101 1111010101 1011011101 0011100101 0101010100 1101010101 010001101 1111011101 1001010111 100100100 0110010100 1101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
and, you, not, with
Anaphora
a, one