This is an analysis of A-Roving by Victor James Daley.

WHEN the sap runs up the tree.
And the vine runs o’er the wall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeaeafgfg hihigigi jdjdkaka
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011101 1011101 1010101 0010101 1111111 1011100 1010001 10101001 1010111 1010101 1010100 0010111 1011101 11101001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010001 1010001 1010111 0010111 1011101 0010101 1010101 1110101 1110101 0010101 1110101 0011001 0000101 1010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

there