This is an analysis of A Winter Night by John Hay.

The winter wind is raving fierce and shrill
And chides with angry moan the frosty skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbbcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010111 1101010101 0111010101 1101010111 1110011111 1001111101 11010100100 1011010101 1101010111 01011101010 10010010111 1001011101 0101111101 1101010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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