This is an analysis of Grey Evening by David Herbert Lawrence.
When you went, how was it you carried with you
My missal book of fine, flamboyant hours?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaX baba cdcd bebe fccf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111011001 11010101010 11010101110 11011100111 1101011111 01010010011 11001010101 1101010111 11110101001 01001000101 1101010101 1101110011 1101010001 0101000101 100110101 1101110111 1111110101 10011101110 11011101110 0101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, you, with
Anaphora
my, and
