This is an analysis of In The Underworld by Isaac Rosenberg.

I have lived in the underworld so long:
How can you, a creature of light,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110010111 11101001 011010101 10111101 110101111 1100001 0101110111 01001010101 10011100 10010111 0111010001 10111100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12