This is an analysis of Primrose Flowers by Radclyffe Hall.

I RODE through Eastnor woods to-day.
And all the air did promise May,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcc ddaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 010111001 11011100 1101011011 01010101 10110101 11010101 11101111 11010101 10110111 010111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12