This is an analysis of Summer Lightning by Lesbia Harford.

Just now, as warm day faded from our sight
Hosts of archangels, fleet…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1111110011 101101 11011 11110000101 11010110101 111100 0100100 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8