This is an analysis of A Touch Of Nature by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

When first the crocus thrusts its point of gold
Up through the still snow-drifted garden mould,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcbdcecedc
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110101 1101101110 1101010101 0011111111 01001111111 100101001110 1001010111 1001011101 1001011111 1001010111 110100101110 10010010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

far