This is an analysis of A Hope Carol by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

A night was near, a day was near,
Between a day and night…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaCdbdCeceCfcfCcbcCgbgC
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 01110111 010111 11110101 101 11010111 111101 11011111 1101 01010101 010111 11010101 101 11010111 101101 11011111 1101 01110101 011101 11010111 101 110011110 101111 111111010 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, see, long, to, or

Anaphora

i