This is an analysis of Trust by David Herbert Lawrence.

Oh we've got to trust
one another again…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abc XaXd abeaXe ddadc adadf cfcf ddag ccXd hhg
  • Stanza lengths: 3,4,6,5,5,4,4,4,3,
  • Metre: 11101 101001 01010 101010 1001 11011 01011 10101 01001 11110 01111 111010 01010 11111 1101 0111011 11 0011 111111 0101 1101 111111 01111 1001 1111 111001 11001 1010 0101 1010010 10100 10111 11111 011100 001101 11101 11100 1110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 38

Epiphora

me, shines