This is an analysis of A Summer Thought by Radclyffe Hall.

I often think that all those vast desires
For purer joys, that thrill the human heart,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 11011111010 1101110101 1101110101 1101010101 11010101101 11010101110 1111110111 01010001010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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