This is an analysis of A Windy June by Radclyffe Hall.

The wind has shaken the lilac trees,
And scattered their purple bloom,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaab caccXa deaabe Xfddcf gbhhgb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 011100111 1101101 011010101 1101001100 011100101 1100101 011110101 1101001 111101101 010110101 111111101 1101101 011100101 11011001 011111101 111101111 110101111 0101111 011100101 0101101 010100101 1101101111 010100101 1100111 011100101 1111111 111101111 0101010101 110111110 1100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

their

Anaphora

the