This is an analysis of After The Winter Rain by Ina D. Coolbrith.

After the winter rain,
Sing robin! -sing, swallow!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd eded fgfg Xabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Metre: 100101 110110 101001 1110010 111111 011110 101101 101110 111101 11010 110101 01010 100111 101110 0101001 110010 1001001 101110 111101 110010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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