This is an analysis of In A Spring Grove by William Allingham.

Here the white-ray'd anemone is born,
Wood-sorrel, and the varnish'd buttercup;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXcacdXdece
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 101110101 1101010101 1110010111 10111100101 1111010110 1101010101 0011010101 1101010101 1001111101 110101010010 1111011111 0101110001 01011111010 11101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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