This is an analysis of The Enkindled Spring by David Herbert Lawrence.

This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0011011101101 1100100111110 11010010101 101111010010010 1101100101010 0110110100101 010111101010 10010100111 111100101101 01001000111001 01101101001 010111101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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