This is an analysis of The Net by Babette Deutsch.
Into this net of leaves, green as old glass
That the sun fondles, trembling like images…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xa bb cc aa cc dd ee
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Metre: 0001011111 101101001100 0100111101 0101110101 0110100101 1011100011 11110010111 1101011111 1100110101 110111000101 011010101 10110100101 111111101 111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 14
