This is an analysis of In The Harbour: Autumn Within by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

It is autumn; not without
But within me is the cold.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010101 1011001 11011101 0011111 1110101 1010011 1010101 1011101 1010011 1110111 1110101 1110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12