This is an analysis of The Virgin Mother by David Herbert Lawrence.

My little love, my darling,
You were a doorway to me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcb dbebab efdfef afXfef dgggfg hhfhXh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1101110 1001101 11110011 00011 110110110 111011001 1101110 111101 1011110 101100 1011110 011111 1111110 11110101 1111110 0110101 10001010 01111 11101110 1111001 11010011 110101 010010010 11001 11101110 00100111 10101111 111111 110111011 0111 1011010 1101101 1101011 1111 111111110 0111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

to, my

Anaphora

you, once