This is an analysis of Midsummer by William Cullen Bryant.

A SONNET.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbdeedffffaX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 010 01001011001 0101010101 1101010101 00111001001 1101010101 11010011101 1001010101 0101010101 11010010111 0111010101 0111001111 11011001001 10010101111 0101000100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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