This is an analysis of The Heart Cry by Francis William Bourdillon.

She turned the page of wounds and death
With trembling fingers. In a breath…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 010010001 01000101 110100101 11111111 01001101 10110111 10111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8