This is an analysis of Luke Havergal by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal,
There where the vines cling crimson on the wall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaaXX CcddceCc EeffceEe XaggaaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1001011100 1101110101 1001111101 0101010011 1101011111 1110110101 1001011100 1100 1101010101 01010011011 1111011100 0101010101 11010100111 1101110101 1101010101 0101 1001110110 1001110101 1101110001 1110011111 1101110110 1011111101 1001110110 0110 1001011100 1101010101 1101110001 1101001111 1101010111 1110110101 1001011100 1100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

to, you, that

Anaphora

out, that, there, nor

Epiphora

havergal, skies, this