This is an analysis of The Charms Of June; Inscribed To My Wife by Thomas Cowherd.

The lilacs are now in the full flush of beauty,
The fruit trees have blossomed, the tulips are gay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcge dgdgXbfbf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,5,9,
  • Metre: 011110011010 01111001011 111010011110 01111111011 10100011110 11011101001 1100110111010 01001001101 110010011010 110010001001 110101011010 01111001001 100100011010 010011001001 110111010110 11011111001 11101 0100111111010 111110001001 111010110110 01011011001 1101000110011 11101001011 010111010011 11111011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the