This is an analysis of Winter Night by Charles Heavysege.

The stars are glittering in the frosty sky,
Frequent as pebbles on a broad sea-coast;…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdcdXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01110000101 1011010111 11001011100 1100010001 0111010101 11100100101 1011010101 1110010101 1011010101 1101010011 11001100101 10111101110 01011111001 111111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14