This is an analysis of Old And New Year Ditties by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cbccbXaa dddeef fffggX cccffX bbbbbbbbB bbbbbbbbBXbbbbbbbB
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,6,6,6,9,18,
- Metre: 1111111 111110 10100111 1001010 11011101 11010111 1110101 111011 1111111 1101101 111011 0001100110 01111111 110101011 1011101101 1111111111 1010110001 1111011101 11010100111 1101111101 101110101 1101010101 1111100111 1110110111 1101010101 11110101001 1011001100 1101111111 1101111101 1111010101 0101010001 1111111111 10011011001 1010111111 1110100011 00110100111001 111101011 111110011101 11101101101 111011 11101 10011111001 0010011101111 1010111011 10110100101 010001111101 1111101101101 10111111101 1111 11101 10011111001 1010100101 111011110101 1010100101 111011111111 0110110111001 111101111111 11101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
on, you, some, thou, to, and, at, thy, in
Anaphora
some, though
