This is an analysis of Troth With The Dead by David Herbert Lawrence.

The moon is broken in twain, and half a moon
Before me lies on the still, pale floor of the sky;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbc adXdXXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 01010011101 011110111001 01010010101 0100100110111 11001001111001 11101000101001 10100101111011 110101000101 111001101001 001001111101 1001010010101 10100101100101 011100100111 0101110101 01001011001111 0010010111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, her, in, it, to