This is an analysis of Convalescence by Amy Lowell.

From out the dragging vastness of the sea,
Wave-fettered, bound in sinuous, seaweed strands,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbbadeadea
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010001 1101010111 1101010111 1101110100 1101010010 1101110111 1001010101 1101110110 1111110111 1101011101 1101110101 0101011101 0101110111 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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