This is an analysis of Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind by William Shakespeare.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbba CcCC ddeffeCcCC
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,10,
  • Metre: 111101 111101 111000 110111 011111 111101 11111100110 110010110110 111010 010110 111101 111111 110001 110101 110111 1010101 11111100110 110010110110 111010 010110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

heigh, ho, most