This is an analysis of Degrees Of Gray In Philipsburg by Richard Hugo.
You might come here Sunday on a whim.
Say your life broke down. The last good kiss…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbcXcdef Xcdcghccchfbf bhccafccXg XbfXXcXegd
- Stanza lengths: 9,13,10,10,
- Metre: 111111101 111110101 1110011111 111001101 11011100101 010100010111 101011101 1101010100 0110110111 0100010101 0110001001 010110001 0101010111 11111110 10111110101 011110101 0111101 1100010101 010101110101 11110101 111011001 11001111001 000111101 11011100001 1100011101 0101011111 11010110100 1101000101 1110011 010010111 01010111 0101110101 1101001110 1011111 110101111 1111011111 1111110010 01111111 0101110 110101010 1011111 0101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
you
Anaphora
the
