This is an analysis of The Timber by Henry Vaughan.

Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs,
Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa abab cdcd bebe fafX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110111001 10110111010 11011101111 11111011010 1101010111 1111111101 0101110101 1011001111 1101011101 0111110111 1111110111 1101010111 1110111101 1011011111 0101111101 0111111110 1111111011 0101110111 1011010101 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

many, and, of, thy