This is an analysis of Absence by Amy Lowell.

My cup is empty to-night,
Cold and dry are its sides,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabXccX XXXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,5,
  • Metre: 1101001 111101 1101001010 101101010011 01010011 010010 11001100 110101 10101101 11110 11101 1110001 111110 011101 101011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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