This is an analysis of Midsummer Night, Not Dark, Not Light by Jean Ingelow.

Midsummer night, not dark, not light,
Dusk all the scented air,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcDcd eacabfbf XeaecDcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011111 110101 110110111 111111 101011111 0110111 110110010101 1101101 11011101 111101 11110101 010111 111101101 0101111 11110001101 1111011 110010110 1101101 11011111 010111 1110111101 0110111 110110010101 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

ring, would, sad