This is an analysis of Spring Song by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Hark, I hear a robin calling!
List, the wind is from the south!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc adaX eded acac afaf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11101010 1010001 10101010 1110101 00101010 1110101 101010110 1010100 100101010 0010101 100101010 0010100 11111010 1110101 10001010 1010111 11001010 10101001 11001010 0010101 11001010 00101001 11101010 0011111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24