This is an analysis of Incompatible by Radclyffe Hall.
To-day I hate that bitter creed,
Whereby the groaning soul is taught…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd XeXe cbcb abab fXfX gcgc cdXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 01010101 11010101 011101011 11100101 010100101 01010100 01010101 01000101 010001001 01010101 01010111 10110100 11011101 11101100 010000101 11011111 11010111 01010001 11010100 01011101 11110101 110101111 010111000 11110101 01011111 01110101 010101010 11111101 1111101 11111111 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Anaphora
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