This is an analysis of At The Gates Of Spring by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts.

With April here,
And first thin green on the awakening bough,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaXaXcccb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 0101 11111001001 1100111 110101 1101 1001011111 1111 010100 111111 111101 01001100001 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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