This is an analysis of March by William Cullen Bryant.

The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgd Xdbd babaXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01010111 01111101 11010001 11010101 11011111 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 011100111 11110101 110101001 10110111 110011101 10111111 110110101 11010101 101010111 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 10110101 01010101 11010111 111101010 10111111 10010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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