This is an analysis of Hearts First Word. Ii by Isaac Rosenberg.

And all her soft dark hair
Breathed for him like a prayer,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffdXggee c Ch ch Ch chXch
  • Stanza lengths: 18,1,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 110111 111101 10111 1100111 11101 1111 1101111 01001 100101 1011 0010101 1111 111111 1010100 110101 1011 0111001 010001 101111 101111 1011110 01111 111110 101111 1111110 01111 111110 011111 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

and, love

Anaphora

lady

Epiphora

god