This is an analysis of Northward by Katharine Lee Bates.
THESE palms weave shadows of delight,
But the truant heart flies forth…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 11111001 1010111 011100111 0010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4