This is an analysis of Spring Came In by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

SPRING came in with a red-wing's feather
And yellow clumps of the wild marshmallow--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab ccccc adaad
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 0110001110 1101001110 1101111110 0101111010 11011110110 11001111010 11001101110 111101101010 100111001010 0111111110 10110011110 1111010010 101101010 1101111110 1111111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

my, and, that, with

Anaphora

my, come