This is an analysis of An Embroidery by Denise Levertov.

Rose Red's hair is brown as fur
and shines in firelight as she prepares…

Browse poems by Denise Levertov

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd be fgegbX bahX ed eXfebiXXbj bhjk cbkX hiXjkk
  • Stanza lengths: 5,2,6,4,2,10,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1110111 1101001101 10010110111 10111010 1011 1111 1000110 111110 1001010 01001 1101 1001111 011101 111010 1101 1110010 1011 1110010010 010010 01011111 1001 000101011 01011001 01000010 101 11111 011101 111111 11101 11010 1010 100101101 10101 1100111010 1101001001 00101 1101001 111100110 111 10101 10011 0110011 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 43

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, rose, song

Anaphora

a, rose