This is an analysis of Returning, We Hear The Larks by Isaac Rosenberg.

Sombre the night is.
And though we have our lives, we know…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abc bdd XXa XXXXaca
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,7,
  • Metre: 1010 11111111 1100111 1011011101 01010110111 101011 111111 1101100011 1010011001010 111001 110011 11101 10111101 11001 1011111111011 101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

we, joy