This is an analysis of Winter by Samuel Johnson.

No more the morn with tepid rays
Unfolds the flower of various hue;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh aeae didi dfdf aiai jaja
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 0101001001 11110101 11010101 0100100101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 01110101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 110100111 11011101 01010101 010101001 11010101 11110101 01011101 01111101 110101101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 110010101 11110101 11111111 11011101 111100101 101101010 01110101 101101010 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

no, nor

Anaphora

the, no, nor