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,…
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