This is an analysis of Happiness by Amy Lowell.

Happiness, to some, elation;
Is, to others, mere stagnation.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbb aXccddaaaaeebb ddff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,14,4,
  • Metre: 10001010 00101010 1010100 1010100 10010100 1011101 1000101 1010100 101110010 11101110 10101010 10100010 1011101 1010101 10100101 1010101 100101110 11111010 10100110 1010101 10011010 11101010 1010101 1010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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