This is an analysis of April In September by Katharine Lee Bates.

WHAT song is in the sap of this brave oak-tree
That to the north-star faces,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbacdcdabebe
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 11000100111 1001110 100111101010 1101110 11110111010 11011101011 1001010 11111111010 0101010 10011111010 10110001011 1101010 11010111010 0111010 01010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15