This is an analysis of One Evening Near Nice by Radclyffe Hall.

Pale depth of sky, serene and wonderful,
Within whose fold the lamps of early stars…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXabXbbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1101011100 0111010101 1101110100 1101100101 0001010100 0100011111 1111010011 1111010011 1010111101 1111010101 111100100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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