This is an analysis of Silent Places by Radclyffe Hall.

Sweet are the silent places of the earth,
Green heart of woods through which no wind doth pass,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc acca effeXff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,7,
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101111111 1101110101 1101010111 1101010111 1001010101 1101010111 1010111011 0101100101 1101010101 0111010101 0101110111 1011110111 1110010101 11010000101 0101010101 1101001101 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 18

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