This is an analysis of Winter by Robert Southey.

A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaababcdcddeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 010111101 1100010111 1011010101 11110011111 1101111101 1001111101 1111110111 1101001111 1001011101 1101011101 11011101010 1101010101 101101010010 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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