This is an analysis of 'The Frost-King' Song 1 by Louisa May Alcott.

We are sending you, dear flowers
Forth alone to die,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbXXXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11101110 10101 111010111 10011111 1110101001 0011111 11101101 1110111 11010111 110100 010010111 100101 111100101 110101 0011111110 1011011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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