This is an analysis of Patience by David Herbert Lawrence.

A wind comes from the north
Blowing little flocks of birds…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabXa cdcXcd
  • Stanza lengths: 7,6,
  • Metre: 011001 1010101 110101 101101 100101 011101 011001001 101111 1010110 101001 011101 110111 00100100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13