This is an analysis of Here Lies The Blithe Spring by Thomas Dekker.
HERE lies the blithe Spring,
Who first taught birds to sing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccdeed
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 110101 111101 1010011010 11101 0101011 101011010 11111 1010101 1010010110 011101 11011001 1011010110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12