This is an analysis of Longfellow by Ina D. Coolbrith.
Pleasant as sound of falling rain among
The summer leaves, and the sweet as after rain…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdbb efefebbeccXcXf
- Stanza lengths: 14,14,
- Metre: 1011010101 01011011101 0110101101 0101010001 1001110101 0101001101 0100110011 1011111111 1001010011 0011111101 1101010101 0101010011 1101001101 0111111101 1101111001 0101000101 0101010101 1011111001 01011100101 01001011101 1101010001 1101010101 1111110101 1101101101 1001110101 0111111011 1101111100 1100010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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