This is an analysis of Words by John Hay.
When violets were springing
And sunshine filled the day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc aeXeaede
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 1100010 111101 1101010 010001 0110110 010001 1011110 110101 1101110 011111 0101100 010001 0110110 010101 1011010 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Anaphora
and, the