This is an analysis of Grotesque by Amy Lowell.
Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at me
When I pluck them;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXbabbXdceX
- Stanza lengths: 15,
- Metre: 11010101111 1110 1111 1100101110 1111101010 111 111111 1111 111100 1110 01011 1110101010 011011 1110 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
and
Epiphora
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