This is an analysis of Dreams by Amy Lowell.

I do not care to talk to you although
Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101010100 1111010100 11000010111 0010110101 1101010101 1111111101 01001010111 1011110111 1111011101 0101010001 0101010101 1101011110 0111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14