This is an analysis of Dreams Old by David Herbert Lawrence.
I have opened the window to warm my hands on the sill
Where the sunlight soaks in the stone: the afternoon…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX bcbc dede aXaf gXgghbhbff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,10,
- Metre: 11100100111101 101110010101 01011101111 001010101 010010100111 11010101111 1011001101111 1010100111 11011101010110011 10101100101111101 011001101100100111 10101101010100111 10010010110101 001011010101010110 00111011101101 001001101111101000010 101110 10110110 0010001101011 110110111 01101111001101 01011111 1010100011001 100101111 1111001010 01010011010010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
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