This is an analysis of In Snow by William Allingham.
O English mother, in the ruddy glow
Hugging your baby closer when outside…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababaccacdcddc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101000101 1011010111 1101011101 1001111101 10001011111 1111011101 1001010101 1101011101 1011010111 0111011101 0101010100 11101110111 1100011111 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14