This is an analysis of Nicholas Nye by Walter de la Mare.
Thistle and darnell and dock grew there,
And a bush, in the corner, of may,…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xbab bdeXfbdX Xcbcgbcb dbgbXbbb egfgXbfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101011111 101001001 101011101 00101001 1011101 10111001 111111101 11001 10011111 10111 11010100 11011110 110101011 101111 11011011 110011 010011110011 1001001 11011101 1111011 101001011001 10111001 1100111 11001 100101111 001001001 1011001011 111011 110011101 10111001 1011011011 11001 111100101 0100111 01011101 111101 110011101 10110011 11101111101 11001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
he, and, the
