This is an analysis of In The Oak by Katharine Lee Bates.

THE leaves and tassels of the oak
Were golden-green with May,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcXdedefcfcagagebeb
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 01110001 010101 01010101 110100 01010101 010110 10010101 010100 01111101 110111 01111101 011101 11010101 100101 11011101 1100101 01111011 110111 11110101 111111 1010111100 110101 11110101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

the, plumes