This is an analysis of Unseasonable Snows by Alfred Austin.

The leaves have not yet gone; then why do ye come,
O white flakes falling from a dusky cloud?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01111111111 1111000101 1101110111 0111010100 1101111111 1101011101 01001010001 11010010101 1101110101 0011010011 1111010101 11001110101 1101110001 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14