This is an analysis of Laughing Song by William Blake.
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXX ddaX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1011100101 101011101 1011101101 1011100100 101110101 10110100101 1101101100 0111111111 101011001 11100101101 1110101101 01011001111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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