This is an analysis of Spring In Town by William Cullen Bryant.

The country ever has a lagging Spring,
Waiting for May to call its violets forth,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ggggdd hdhd cc eieiXh dhdhjj klklhh hehemm gmgmeeXjljlee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 01010101001 10110101001 11010101111 100100101001 0111010111 1111010111 01010101010 11001011101 11110101110 1101010101 1111110101 1111010101 1011101111 10110100101 1001010101 1101010101 111101001110 10011100111 1111110100 1011110101 1111110101 01000110101 100110111001 10111100101 1101110101 1101010011 1101110001 1111111001 110100101010 11000101010 1111110011 1011011111 1101001101 1101010101 1011011101 1011010101 1111111101 01010110001 10111100111 1101110101 1001010101 1111110101 1101110101 11010110001 10111111001 11110110101 010100100101 1111010101 1101010101 0110110101 11100100101 0111010001 11011111001 0111010101 11110100101 1111011101 11110011101 1101000111 1111011101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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