This is an analysis of Sunday Evening by Radclyffe Hall.

The noontide showers have drifted past.
The sunset's on the hill,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd aeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101101 010101 01010101 101101 01010101 110111 01110101 110101 01010111 110101 11010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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