This is an analysis of A Petition by Amy Lowell.

I pray to be the tool which to your hand
Long use has shaped and moulded till it be…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaaXbaccccbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100011011 1111110100 11111100000 1101010101 0001000101 1101010100 0111110111 0101010111 1101011111 0100011001 0111010111 0101110101 0101010101 1101000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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