This is an analysis of The Old Year by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

O good old Year! this night's your last.
And must you go? With you I've passed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccXaadeXdffXXghccebbeaaijjikkbjjbeehllhXXfmmfggebbegginnioXXppXooqmmqaaboobrrioXirrgaagffXjji
  • Stanza lengths: 96,
  • Metre: 10110111 11110111 1111010 11111111 110001001 1001100 11101111 01111111 1111111 110010111 11111100 1111110 11111101 01101111 1100100 01111100 111011111 1100110 11111111 01011101 1110111 11110101 11010101 0100011 01111111 01010101 0101010 11011111 11111001 0101010 11010111 01100101 0101011 10101101 11010101 1101011 10111101 11111111 1011110 11111101 11010101 0101010 11111010 11010101 0111110 11010111 11010011 1101110 11011111 11010100 0101111 11010011 01110111 1111111 11010100 01111101 0111010 010100101 01010001 0101010 11011101 01010100 01001010 11010101 11111101 0111010 11111111 11110101 1101110 011101001 011011111 0001010 01111101 01011101 0111110 01011101 11011111 0101010 01110101 11010101 1101010 010100101 01010101 11001010 11010001 11010101 0101111 11010101 11011111 0001011 11011111 10111111 1111010 11011101 11010101 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 96

Repeated words/phrases

you, to, and

Anaphora

the, i

Epiphora

you