This is an analysis of Epilogue by David Herbert Lawrence.

Patience, little Heart.
One day a heavy, June-hot woman…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abc bcXaaaXddA
  • Stanza lengths: 3,10,
  • Metre: 10101 110101110 010110101 1111001110 1101011010111 10011111010 1011011 0100110100101111 1001011011111 10111111101000 0110101111001 10100011101000111101 10101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

night, you