This is an analysis of A Calendar Of Sonnets: January by Helen Hunt Jackson.

O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire,
What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXcddccd
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 11010111010 1101101101 0111110101 01110011010 01110111110 0100010111 01011111011 01011111010 0101 111111 0101010101 11110101101 1110110101 1101011001 0100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15