This is an analysis of The Sunset, Woven Of Soft Lights by Katharine Lee Bates.

THE sunset, woven of soft lights
And tender colors, lingers late,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01110011 11010101 1101111101 0100 01010111 110101101 1111010101 0101 10010011 11010111 1111010111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12