This is an analysis of A Little Song by Radclyffe Hall.

A RIPPLE and a rush, and a mating thrash,
And, oh ! the month must be at May.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa Xbccb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,
  • Metre: 01010110101 11011011 01010110101 11010011 01010110111 11010101 110111 110111 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

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