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

All winter through I bow my head
beneath the driving rain;…

Browse poems by Walter de la Mare

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXXeXebeXbdbacfcfbab
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11011111 010101 01110101 111101 11110101 1101001 11010101 111101 111110111 010101 100111101 110011 110011100 111111 011111001 011101 11110101 010111 10011101 1110101 11110101 010101 11010111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24