This is an analysis of Christmas Eve: 1872 by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Peace in the snowy breast,
O cloud from storm at rest!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddaa eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100101 110111 100111 0101 100101 1100 110111 0101 111110 111101 110111 0101 100111 0111 111111 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

peace