This is an analysis of A Fixed Idea by Amy Lowell.

What torture lurks within a single thought
When grown too constant, and however kind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbaacacac
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1001010101 0101100010 0101001101 1101010101 0101011101 1101111101 1001111101 1111010111 1001111111 1111000101 0101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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