This is an analysis of A Winter Twilight by Arlo Bates.

Pale beryl sky, with clouds
Hued like dove's wing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXccXbddab
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 110101 11101 10000 0101 111110 011101 110111 01011110 110001 1110101 10011101 11110101 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13