This is an analysis of A Ballad Of Sweethearts by Madison Julius Cawein.

Summer may come, in sun-blonde splendor,
To reap the harvest that Springtime sows;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXbC ababbcbC ababbcbCXbcbC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,13,
  • Metre: 101101110 010101111 111001010 10110101 10010111 001110110 010100101 1100100101 010111110 101100101 11111111010 110110101 11100110111 1010101101 1110110101 1100100101 1101101010 010100101 1111001110 010100111 1100101111 11011111 100100001 1100100101 111101101 111101111 011101101 1100100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

in, her, and