This is an analysis of A Passing Bell by David Herbert Lawrence.
Mournfully to and fro, to and fro the trees are waving;
What did you say, my dear?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdb aacda efghfXeagha
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
- Metre: 10001101101110 101111 0111110010101 0111001001 11111 1101110011101010 11101 0101111100101 10001011001 0010101 011110110010111 100101 101100101101 0101001101001 1111 110101110101101 101110 0110111101101 101011101101 1110110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
to, it, him

