This is an analysis of Before The Altar by Amy Lowell.

Before the Altar, bowed, he stands
With empty hands;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddb bebffbgehh ggffiaij aaaKjddKefXkbXaabbk febbfeXii
  • Stanza lengths: 11,10,8,19,9,
  • Metre: 01010111 0101 010011001 1001010101 110111110 110011010 100001010 1110 01010111 11010101 0101010 01010 11100 1101 110101 0101011 11 110101 01010100 110101 110100010001 10011010111 1110011 01001111 1001 10011111 011101 1111 01101111 10001 010011 111101 11 11001 11011 000111 11 100100 101111 111000 1001 1111 11010 110101 101101 01010001 0101 1100110001 1001101 101111100 101001 11111101 11010110 1010100 00101011 011100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

my