This is an analysis of On Now, Although The Year Be Done by Robert Louis Stevenson.

ON now, although the year be done,
Now, although the love be dead,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaba
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11110101 1110101 111 11111101 1110111 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Anadiplosis

dead, led