This is an analysis of Spelt From Sibyl's Leaves by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Earnest, earthless, equal, attuneable, ' vaulty, voluminous, … stupendous
Evening strains to be tíme’s vást, ' womb-of-all, home-of-all, hearse-of-all night.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaXXbacdXdcX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1010101001100100010 101001111011011011 011010100110110101001 10100111111001001 1100101110101010101111 11101100111111111 100001011111111 01100101111111011 1001101100110011111 101110111110011111111 1111011001001011111111 1010111111111101111 111100111111111101001 110101110011101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
', her, all, of, to, tw, black
