This is an analysis of Fairy Tale (2) by Katherine Mansfield.

Now folds the Tree of Day its perfect flowers,
And every bloom becomes a bud again,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaabacdadc
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 11010100110 11001010101 11110101010 01110001010 101 1110101110 1001110101 010101 0110 0110100111 0111000111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11