This is an analysis of Elegy by David Herbert Lawrence.

Since I lost you, my darling, the sky has come near,
And I am of it, the small sharp stars are quite near,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa abbb cXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111111001111 111000111111 01110010101101110 10100101001010111 111100101111 10101011000101 00100100111101 1011010110111 11110111011111 101010101001 01101010101 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, to, and, be, my

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

near