This is an analysis of Why Silent? by Henry Timrod.
Why am I silent from year to year?
Needs must I sing on these blue March days?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc bebeb
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 111100101 111111111 101111111 10101110101 11111 1111111111 011111001 10110001001 110100101 001001 1110111101 1100101100 1110111001 10100100111 10101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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