This is an analysis of Winter Heavens by George Meredith.

Sharp is the night, but stars with frost alive
Leap off the rim of earth across the dome.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdXXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001110101 1101010101 00010101011 11011000111 1111111101 0110000101 1101011101 0101010101 1101111101 1101010001 0111111111 11011111001 0100010010 1000110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14