This is an analysis of The Wind by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

O, wind! what saw you in the South,
In lilied meadows fair and far?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cddd abcb ceXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111001 01011111 11010101 11010101 11111001 01011111 11010101 01010111 11111001 11110101 11010101 01011101 11111001 11010111 11011101 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16