This is an analysis of The Linnet by Walter de la Mare.

Upon this leafy bush
With thorns and roses in it,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXbXbXXXXXccc
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 010101 0111000 100101 010010 110101 011111 1011001 0111 101101 1101101 1001101 0100 1001011 001101 1101001 11001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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