This is an analysis of Late September by Amy Lowell.

Tang of fruitage in the air;
Red boughs bursting everywhere;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc ddXd eXdX ffee ffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010001 1110101 1000101 1010110 1011101 1010101 1010101 10111001 1100101 1010101 10101010 11111110 0010111 10100101 1011001 1010101 100100101 101101 1010101 1010001 1010101 10010111 10101001 0010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24