This is an analysis of Parting by Frances Anne Kemble.

The golden hinges of the year have turned—
Spring, and the summer, and the harvest time…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdXbefbXdXaXXcfeX
  • Stanza lengths: 21,
  • Metre: 0101000111 01101010101 1111110111 0101010101 0111011101 1011010101 10111011000 1100110001 1011010001 01010101010 0111100101 1101011101 1111001111 1100110111 1111010010 0111000101 1111110101 0101111111 11000111010 0100111101 0111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

and, thy, her