This is an analysis of Spring Song by Robert Louis Stevenson.

THE air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb aXaX XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110111 0111010 010100011 11111010 01110101 1111010 110010111 1100110 01110101 1111010 111110101 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the