This is an analysis of To The Reader by Denise Levertov.

As you read, a white bear leisurely
pees, dyeing the snow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bab XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,4,
  • Metre: 111011100 11001 10 1111101 10110100100 1100101001 1111 010100110 10 0110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 10