This is an analysis of The Well by Denise Levertov.

At sixteen I believed the moonlight
could change me if it would.…

Browse poems by Denise Levertov

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXb bcXXXXXb Xddc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,8,4,
  • Metre: 101101011 111001 1111 101010111 10110 101010 110100100 10111010 11110 1100 100011011 1010101 110110 11111 01111011 111011001 1110101100 1011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18