This is an analysis of The Grasshopper by Madison Julius Cawein.

The grasshopper, that sang its sleepy song
All summer long,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXbbccc
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 0110110101 1101 0101110101 1011011011 0111 1001001010 0101010101 1111 0101110101 0100011101 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11