This is an analysis of Spring. (From The French Of Charles D'Orleans. Xv. Century) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Gentle Spring! in sunshine clad,
Well dost thou thy power display!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdD aeaeffdD babaggdD
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10010111 11111001 110100111 111100111 1111100101 01101101101 1110111101 1110111 10100110111 11010011 1010101111 1110100101 1101001110 111111010 1010110111 1110111 10100100101 111001001 110011101 110010101 1011111010 1111111110 0100110111 1110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

thou, and