This is an analysis of Pre-Existence by Frances Darwin Cornford.
I laid me down upon the shore
And dreamed a little space;…
Browse poems by Frances Darwin Cornford
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc adad fcfc hdhdXcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 110101 11011111 011111 11011101 100101 01110111 110011 01010111 110111 11010111 100101 01011101 111101 01110101 111101 11001001 110101 11110101 111101 01110101 110111 10111001 011111 11010111 111110 11111101 1111001 11010111 110101 10110111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
how, or, i