This is an analysis of Afternoon In School The Last Lesson by David Herbert Lawrence.
When will the bell ring, and end this weariness?
How long have they tugged the leash, and strained apart…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaababcXcX Xcdcadaeecdc
- Stanza lengths: 11,12,
- Metre: 10011110100 11111011101 11001011101 00110100101101 111011011 1111010101 0011111010111 0100010101011 01001111101 11111011101 0101010100 1111 01110110111 111101010001 11001001101 01010100101 10111101010 1110101001101 11101010010011 1110101101 101111110111 01101110 10111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, not, for, i
Anaphora
of