This is an analysis of Spring Thunder by Mark Van Doren.

Listen, The wind is still,
And far away in the night --…

Browse poems by Mark Van Doren

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100101 1101001 10101 00101 1001001 110111 101001 1101 11001001 111110 101101 01010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12