This is an analysis of A Fragment by Radclyffe Hall.

The clustering grapes of purple vine
Are crushed to make the crimson wine.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 010010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 01011101 11011101 11010101 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 8