This is an analysis of To Memory by Mathilde Blind.

Oh in this dearth and winter of the soul,
When even Hope, still wont to soar and sing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba acacdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1001110001 1101110111 10010011101 1011101101 1111010011 11110011111 11110011101 1101011101 1111010101 0101011110 11010111001 0101010001 1111111101 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14