This is an analysis of The Siesta by William Cullen Bryant.

FROM THE SPANISH.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XX aBAB cXcXaBAB ddddaBAB
  • Stanza lengths: 1,2,4,8,8,
  • Metre: 0010 10001000 1110110101 11101101 100110011 10010101 1110100101 101100101 10100101010 100101011 01111011011 10100101 100110011 10010101 1110100101 11100101 110010101 10111101 101011101 10100101 100110011 10010101 1110100101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25