This is an analysis of A Day In The Open by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Ho, a day
Whereon we may up and away,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AAbccbdddee AAfggfbbbee AAhffhgggXX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,
  • Metre: 101 10111101 001001101101 111001001111 101101 101001111 011011 0010100101 101011011111001 101101111 101011101101101 101 10111101 101011001011 10100101011 111011 1001111011 1010010 0110010010 1010110011011010 111101001 001001011001011 101 10111101 001101001011 011110101001 001101 01001001 111111 011001011 111011001101001 111010110 001011001001011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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