This is an analysis of To The Vesper Sparrow by John Hay.

Sing the last word of the day!
Voice of the sparrow belated!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababba ababba ababXa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1011001 10010010 1111101 11111110 10010010 1001111 1001011 10111010 1011001 011101010 11111010 1111011 1011011 10111010 1111101 11110110 10110100 1001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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