This is an analysis of Years, The by Ina D. Coolbrith.
What do I owe the years, that I should bring
Green leaves to crown the king?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeefXee ggggff
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,6,
- Metre: 1111001111 110101 11010101010 1111010 11011100101 111101 1111001111 110111 0101110101 110101 1101011101 100101 1101010101 111101 1111001111 110111 0111110101 011001 1111011100 101101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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