This is an analysis of Spring I by Madison Julius Cawein.

When on the mountain tops ray-crowned Apollo
Turns his swift arrows, dart on glittering dart,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cccc XXbb cgcg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111010 10110111001 11011101110 1101011111 100101001010 1111110111 11110001010 1111010101 01010100110 0101010101 110110101010 0101010111 010111010010 0101111101 11010101010 1101110101 11010101110 10001111000 110010101010 0101000101 110101001011 1111111101 101110100011 1101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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