This is an analysis of Lily-Bell And Thistledown Song Ii by Louisa May Alcott.

Thistledown in prison sings:
Bright shines the summer sun,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcbXdXd a bcac XdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,4,4,
  • Metre: 1000101 110101 100101 100111 101101 1100111 1011 101111 101101 10101 1111101 111111 1011110 11111 100100 10111 100101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

lily, bell, and

Anaphora

lily