This is an analysis of The Wild Common by David Herbert Lawrence.
The quick sparks on the gorse bushes are leaping,
Little jets of sunlight-texture imitating flame;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee fgfg hdhd eiei jkjkXckck
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01110110110 1010111010101 010010010110 11100100101011001 10110111 1101010111101001 110111011111 11101111101101 0101101010010 10100111010010010 10101010 01001101010111110 000111111 1101011100110111 1010111 001111011111100011 10011010011001 0101010100101101001 0111110101 101100110111010111 11110100101 100101000111101 1110111101 101010010110010110001101 10111101101 10010101101111011 10100111101 110010010110010011101 1101011111 10111111111100101 1001010111 1011010011101000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
of, they, my, and, me
Anadiplosis
blood
