This is an analysis of A Winter Song by Jean Ingelow.

Came the dread Archer up yonder lawn —
Night is the time for the old to die —…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBab cBcb dBdb ebeb fBfb gBgb hBhb iBib
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101101101 100110101 1111101101 1011110111 101100111 100110111 110101111 110100101 101101111 100110101 110101111 110101101 100100101 100110101 1101101111 100110111 110111101 100110111 101110101 111111101 11001101001 100110101 101100111 0101101111 1100110101 100110111 0101100101 1010111001 111101111 100110111 111110111 1011101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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