This is an analysis of Before A Fall by Geoffrey Grigson.

And what was the big room he walked in?
  The big room he walked in,…

Browse poems by Geoffrey Grigson

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabca bbX bdeddcadfd efa XbgacX gddhhX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,3,10,3,6,6,
  • Metre: 111011110 111110 10011 10011 1011 111010101 10101 11010 111001010111 11101 1010 1111011 10001 111010 110010 11011 11010 1010 10101001 10101 101011010 11011 1011 1111 10111 101111 10110 110 110010 110 1111 111 1101110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 33

Anaphora

the, and, which

Epiphora

in, there