This is an analysis of New York At Night by Amy Lowell.

A near horizon whose sharp jags
Cut brutally into a sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbbbbb cdcddedee aaaaadadd cdcddfdff
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 01010111 11000001 01010011 01011100 10111101 11110101 01011101 01010111 111101010101 01110100 01110111 11001100 01110101 11011101 11010001 01010001 11110101 110101010101 11110101 01010001 11110101 11000111 11011110 11110101 01110110 11110101 010011110001 11110111 000101111 01010101 11110001 101000101 110010011 011101111 01010111 010101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 36

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Anaphora

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