This is an analysis of The First Bluebirds by Katharine Lee Bates.

THE poor earth was so winter-marred,
Harried by storm so long,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbddaefghfgieifchb
  • Stanza lengths: 21,
  • Metre: 01111101 101111 01101110 1101110 010111 11011111 11010101 0100111 1111 0111 110111 1011 010111 100101 1101 1001000101 111111 1111 11010 01110101 01
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

sweet