This is an analysis of Meadow-Larks by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Sweet, sweet, sweet! O happy that I am!
(Listen to the meadow-larks, across the fields that sing) ,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded XfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111110111 1000111010111 111110101 111111111100001 111110111 11010010100110101 111100111 01010101010111 1111100111 11110100111111 111110101110101 01010101010101 111110110 111101011100111 111111101 11010101110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

sweet, o, that, life, who, world, love

Anadiplosis

sweet