This is an analysis of Babushka by Katharine Lee Bates.

THOU whose sunny heart outglows
Arctic snows;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbXbccXXbbXXddaabbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 1110110 101 10110100 1011100 1110101 1010111 010010 111111 1010101 011 10111010 10111100 10111001 1010101 010010 101100 1110101 111 10111110 10111010 1010001 1011100 010010 111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24