This is an analysis of The Mutes by Denise Levertov.
Those groans men use
passing a woman on the street…
Browse poems by Denise Levertov
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abX Xb cdd e dfe X cgX baa fh XXc gab Xef bcX hhd dX XXX
- Stanza lengths: 3,2,3,1,3,1,3,3,2,3,3,3,3,3,2,3,
- Metre: 1111 10010101 11010011 01010011 11110 110101 1100111 1010011 11110 11101010 01001001010 101001 011 11110 110101111 101001001 10010 0101011 1010010 10110011 011001 011010010 10011110 10101011 01000110 1010011 1011 01110001 01001001 01100100100 1010 111010110 01100 1111 101111 1001101010 11010 110110111 01100 01100 0110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
language, it
Anaphora
it, without
Anadiplosis
language
