This is an analysis of A Psalm For New Year’s Eve by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
A FRIEND stands at the door;
In either tight-closed hand…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcc dededff XbXbXXX dcdcdgg hbhbhee bibibgg
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 011101 010111 1011110111 10010101001 1011010 1111001101 0100110101 101111 011101 1001001111 1101111101 110101 1011010011 101110111 111111 010101 1111110111 1101110111 110111 11111110010 1101110111 111111 010011 1101110101 1111011001 101111 1011011101 0101011101 101101 101101 1101011101 1101011111 111101 1000010001 1101010101 111101 110111 1101110101 1111011001 111001 1011010011 1111011110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
it, love
Anaphora
love
Anadiplosis
love
