This is an analysis of In Darkness by Radclyffe Hall.

Oh! that the night were passed, and morn,
Made lovely by the joy of spring,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11010111 110101001 1111101 11110111 10010101 01010101 11010101 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8