This is an analysis of It Was Not In The Winter by Thomas Hood.

It was not in the Winter
Our loving lot was cast;…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaBAcacaXaBAXcXcXaBA
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 0110010 110111 0101010 110111 11010101 110101 11011101 0101111 11111111 111111 0101010 110111 11111101 110101 11110101 110101 110000101 110001 0101010 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20