This is an analysis of Humming-Bird by David Herbert Lawrence.

I can imagine, in some otherworld
Primeval-dumb, far back…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb XXcb dda eeX Xc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Metre: 1101001100 010111 01110101101110 101110101 01101101 1110101010100 010111010 111010111001 101101101 001101011010010 101110110010011 100111 1101101011011 10011010101010 1111101100110101 10011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 16

Epiphora

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