This is an analysis of Sometime by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Unto the earth the Summer comes again:
She has, to quench her thirst, the dews and rain;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb cccc ddee bbff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001010101 1101010111 11110101110 111101 1101010101 0111010101 1101111101 010101 0101010101 01010110101 1011100101 1100011 0111110101 0111010111 0111111010 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

she, her