This is an analysis of Generations by Amy Lowell.

You are like the stem
Of a young beech-tree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXbXXXb aX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,2,
  • Metre: 11101 00111 1110 1010101 11010100011 101 11011 101011011 1110111101011 1111101101 111001 1111011100101 10010111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13

Anaphora

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