This is an analysis of Everything That Acts Is Actual by Denise Levertov.

From the tawny light
from the rainy nights…

Browse poems by Denise Levertov

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdX eacXeXf cafdabXX caXXXcdXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,8,10,
  • Metre: 00101 00101 000101010 0111101 0111101 10100011011 1111 00010011 0101001 10001101101 110 1111 101001011010 101 011 110111 1100100 100 111111 1101101011 11011 1111 011 1010110100 01010 1110 10000101010 01010 10 110101111 0111010 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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