This is an analysis of 'The Frost-King' Song Ii by Louisa May Alcott.

Brighter shone the golden shadows;
On the cool wind softly came…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdad beeeXaca Xfafceae
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10101011 1011101 011101010 1010101 10111010 1011101 00101010 1011111 10111010 10100111 100101011 1010111 10111110 10101110 10111010 10111010 11101010 1111101 110101010 01011101 10101010 1110111 010001001101 1101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, his