This is an analysis of New-Year's Eve by Eugene Field.
Good old days--dear old days
When my heart beat high and bold--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdcXefegbhb hfff XdcdgbXbhgfgfX
- Stanza lengths: 16,4,14,
- Metre: 011111 1111111 101011101 10100101 110111101 11011011 1100101101 1110110 1010101111 1100101 1111110101 11001001 111100100 0011101 1110100111 1101101 1010101101 1100101 111111101 010101 1011110111 0010101 10100101111 1110111 100101111 1111101 11100110110 100111 1110010101 1100101 11111101 100100 11111101 100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 34
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