This is an analysis of Lines For An Album by Weldon Kees.

Over the river and through the woods
To grandmother’s house we go ...…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AB caXXaXacaX XAB
  • Stanza lengths: 2,10,3,
  • Metre: 100101101 0110111 11010101 010101010 11111100 11000101 01010100 010111101 101111010 11010101 11010101 0010111000 100101101 0110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16