This is an analysis of To――― by Radclyffe Hall.

The sun has set; Beloved see that star,
Wan with desire, pale in the afterglow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbab bccbX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 0111010111 10010100101 0101110101 1111001101 0101011101 11110100101 1011001111 1111110001 1101000101 1001110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10