This is an analysis of Astigmatism by Amy Lowell.
The Poet took his walking-stick
Of fine and polished ebony.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbcdddbcecfghhhhgiAc F XdggXjch d XfdjgfjhX X geffdiXcdccjh Fd jhgddbbcXhXh
- Stanza lengths: 20,1,8,1,9,1,13,2,12,
- Metre: 01010101 01110100 100111 01010 10010 10010101 011110100 10100101 110101001 10011 10010 10010110101 01110010 0010000100 0110101100 010101 01011010 0011001 01010101 1101 100110 01010011 10101010 10110011101 01010001 010111111 101011100 1011 101101111001010 100110111 0101001 10111100010 001010101 0111010 0101001 10101100010 110011110 1001001010 1011100 10011000101 01010010 10100101 10001110111110 1010110110 001110010 1111011010 010110110010 101101000101 111001010011 1111110 111110101 1111110 10011001010 100110 101100101110 01011110 100101 1111001 0101011001010 1101101111 010101100 110010110100 11101 10010110101 1000101011001010 100110111011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
it, to, his, and, of, gold, red
Anaphora
his, a, the, red
Epiphora
it
