This is an analysis of The Lucky Hour by Joseph Skipsey.

THE fickle Moon has left the skies;
But Night's blue veil with stars is sprinkled,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 111101010 110010101 010111010 110101101 110101100 11010101 111101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8