This is an analysis of A Golden Hour by William Watson.
A beckoning spirit of gladness seemed afloat,
That lightly danced in laughing air before us:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010010010101 11010101011 0111011101 0101010 1101011101 01010101010 01010100111 10101110 11001011101 010100011010 1111110001 1101010 0101010101 01010100010 1111111111 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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