This is an analysis of Bavarian Gentians by David Herbert Lawrence.

Not every man has gentians in his house
in Soft September, at slow, Sad Michaelmas.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefceXXfXgagbXbXbXXXbdef
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 11001110001 01010111100 010010111101 10001110001010010 1 111001101011 1100001101001011 110001101010111 11001011011 1011011011001111 1 1111101 110101101 11111001110010 1010110111010110 1011001110110010 0010111001001 1100010101101 01010010000101 001010111000101 110011001000101 010100111010 100101010 01001011111 100011110010100101 110100101101011 11001101011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

blue, of, me, dark

Anaphora

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