This is an analysis of Autumn by William Watson.
Thou burden of all songs the earth hath sung,
Thou retrospect in Time's reverted eyes,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbabcddcd eaaeaXffXf ghhgdiaaia jggjgbkkXk
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 1100110111 1101010101 1100010111 11111101011 111111 1011001011 1101011101 0101010101 1111011101 100101 1101010101 01010100001 11110010101 1101110011 111001 1101001101 1101010111 1111010101 1111011000 010101 1001010111 11010101010 10010101010 1111001101 111101 1101010101 0100110101 1100010100 1111011101 010101 1101011111 1101110111 01010100101 010000111 1101001 1101110101 110010110101 111001101 1101011100 110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
dies, thou, and, of
Anaphora
thou, and
