This is an analysis of Clear, With Light, Variable Winds by Amy Lowell.

The fountain bent and straightened itself
In the night wind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdefeae bggeXhee gibdggggXc XgjXhjfbX iggbi XdbjbX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,8,10,9,5,6,
  • Metre: 010111001 0011 101010 01110 01110 100100101 0011 0101001 0110 10110 1011101 0101010 11111010 011111 11110 1110101 001 0101011 101111 0010111 0101011 011110110010 11011010 100101 01110 10101110100 0110111 10100111010 1010010 10111 1111111110 100101 011000 11110101 0101110 1111 010110 10001 11001001 1010110101 110101 10101010 11101 001001001011 1010001011 1101111110 101 10101101100 100100101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 50