This is an analysis of March by Isabella Valancy Crawford.

Shall Thor with his hammer
Beat on the mountain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abca bXaa Xddc beXX fadg dcdd hXdb bXff edCd bABd dggg afhX acai BXdb dbda XXXb ddXa Caaa eaddXbAdi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110010 11010 11110 010110 10110 11110 11010 111010 110100 10110 00110 111010 11010 011010 11011 1010111 11011 11110 11110 11110 11110 10110 111010 011010 111110 101100 10111 10110 110111 111010 11011 010011 101010 010010 100100 10010 10010 010110 10010 110011 1111110 10111 10111 111100 01010 110111 111110 01100100 110110 111110 010010 110010 10010 0010010 010010 10010 111010 110110 111010 111110 110110 111010 0010010 11010 1110010 110010 011110 111110 100100 10110 10110 10110 101010 10010 010010 110011 110010 010110 010011 10011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 20
  • Lines: 80

Repeated words/phrases

she, them, in, march

Anaphora

smitten, shall, march, its

Anadiplosis

flowers