This is an analysis of Reproach by David Herbert Lawrence.
Had I but known yesterday,
Helen, you could discharge the ache…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaXbXcd edfdefXcg Xcghhege
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,8,
- Metre: 1111101 10110101 1001 111101111 010010101 101011 110110110 010110001101 11110110 111111010 10101111 10101 011011011 01110110010 1111 10110101 10011001 1101101 11110101 10010111 01001 011111100 1111101100 1111101010 11 10111010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
of, my
Epiphora
beautiful
