This is an analysis of The Stream Of Life by William Cullen Bryant.

Oh silvery streamlet of the fields,
That flowest full and free!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbaba acXcbaca
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 110010001 110111 110100101 010111 11110101 0101010 01010111 1111010 1101010001 110111 11110111 0101011 11010101 111101 111100101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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