This is an analysis of Birdcage Walk by David Herbert Lawrence.

When the wind blows her veil
And uncovers her laughter…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbAAXbAA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 101101 1110010 11111 101101 001110 011010 101101 11111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

her, i