This is an analysis of January Cold Desolate by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

January cold desolate;
February all dripping wet;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcdddccaeeaeffe
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 10101100 10101101 1110 1010 1101 01001 1101 1101 0101 0111 101 1011 0101 01010 11100 1111 01010 1101 1101 01010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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