This is an analysis of Tryste Noel by Louise Imogen Guiney.

The Ox he openeth wide the Doore,
And from the Snowe he calls her inne,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXBX cdXdcXeBe ebXbffXBX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 011100101 10011101 111101100 11011 1101 0111 11011111 1001 11011111 01110111 11010101 11010110 011001 0101 1111 0101111 1001 11110110 01010101 11011101 11110010 110101 1111 1111 110111001 1001 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

he

Anaphora

and