This is an analysis of Old Susan by Walter de la Mare.
When Susan's work was done, she'd sit
With one fat guttering candle lit,…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefgfXhhbbfgXXbb
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 11011111 011100101 11010101 01110100 10010101 11011101 01110101 01010011 110100101 001110101 10100101 110010100 11011001 1010101010 110010111 01111111 10110111 01011111 10110111 11000100 110111001 0101111010 10010101 11000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
