This is an analysis of What Needeth These Threnning Words And Wasted Wind? by David McKee Wright.
What needeth these threnning words and wasted wind?
All this cannot make me restore my prey.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXbXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 11011011101 1010110111 0110100111 11001110101 1101111111 1111111111 110111110100 1111010110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
