This is an analysis of Eavesdropping by Katharine Lee Bates.

THOUGH the winds but stir on their hoary thrones
Of hemlock and pungent pine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbbbcdcdeeXefgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 10111111010 0111101 10100111 100101 110100101 1100101 110010101 1100101 110100101 1100111 011010101 1110101 110100101 1100101 10010100 0010101 100101111 1110111 101101101 10100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

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