This is an analysis of The Woodsy Of The West by Herbert Bashford.

Oh, woods of the west, leafy woods that I love.
Where through the long days I have heard…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc dedecece
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11001101111 11011111 01001001001 101001001 101010011110 11001001 110110001101 01011001 11001111001 101111001 101011101101 001001001 111111000101 101011001 01001001001 11001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, for

Anaphora

for, and