This is an analysis of Irony by Amy Lowell.

An arid daylight shines along the beach
Dried to a grey monotony of tone,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbdcbd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1001010001 1101011101 0111010111 1001010111 01000101001 1011110001 0111010101 1111110101 0101010101 1111011011 1001111100 1111011101 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14