This is an analysis of California Jubilee Poem by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Aye, but my feet are light upon the hills!
Light as the leaping deer, light as the wind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaaedfXXg bcfXaeXXbfaXdgcbebb bdgfagaaXgaXeg
  • Stanza lengths: 12,19,14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101011101 1101011101 1111100100 0111000101 1011111101 1001010101 01001011101 0101010111 1100010100 101110111 11000101001 1111101011 10011101101 1100010101 11010101000 0101010001 1111010100 1101011101 0001010100 1101011101 1001110111 1101110101 1001010101 1101110001 1101010111 010101001 0101010101 1100110101 11010101011 1111110111 1101111011 1111100111 1110011111 1111111111 1101010111 1101100101 1111011101 1101010101 1111101111 10011011101 1110111101 0110011100 1000010101 11000101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 45

Repeated words/phrases

light, as, and, one, of

Anaphora

light, the, and