This is an analysis of Strike, Churl by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May’s beauty massacre and wispèd wild clouds grow…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 11110111001 11010011111 1101011101 11111010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
