This is an analysis of Rondel. by Robert Crawford.

The mist is in the town to-night,
And all the streets are dumb and drear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXbaabAXabbaAX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01000101 11011111 01011101 11111101 11110011 11010001 01000101 11011111 01101101 00111101 11110101 01010101 01000101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14