This is an analysis of New England by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Here where the wind is always north-north-east
And children learn to walk on frozen toes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101011101 1001110011 1111010101 0111010101 1101011101 11001010101 1101011101 1001010001 1111011001 1100010111 1101110101 1011110001 0111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14