This is an analysis of The Shepherd Wind by Virna Sheard.
When hills and plains are powdered white,
And bitter cold the north wind blows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX bdbd baba adad bebe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 11010111 01110001 010101 11011111 11110101 11010101 111100 11110101 10010101 11011101 110011 01010011 11010111 01001101 010001 11011101 11010101 11010101 010100 01110101 11011111 11110111 110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
