This is an analysis of A Seed by William Allingham.
See how a Seed, which Autumn flung down,
And through the Winter neglected lay,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbccXXaabbXXbb
- Stanza lengths: 17,
- Metre: 110111011 110100101 1011011111 0101101101 1101100111 010110111 11101010001 100110111 0100101101 101111010 10111010 1010111 110100111 10010111101 101111010010 111111110 1010100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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