This is an analysis of Grotesque by Amy Lowell.

Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at me
When I pluck them;…

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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

and, them

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

them