This is an analysis of Celebration by Denise Levertov.

Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.
Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaabcdcbXad
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001010010001 1011111010 11110010001 1001110110 101010111010 10110011010100 1110011010 01011101010101 0110 0111001 1011111001 01 00110101011 001010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14