This is an analysis of In Blossom-Time by Ina D. Coolbrith.

It’s O my heart, my heart,
To be out in the sun and sing-…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc dcXc eada fgfg Xheh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011111 00100111 011100101 00110100 1111001 1111001 1101100101 11101111 0111001 1100111 10100100101 1001101 111010101 1110101 101001001001 1110101 11111111 10100101 10100101111 1100101 1100100111 1111001 111110111 1111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, in, sing

Anaphora

to, and