This is an analysis of Night Clouds by Amy Lowell.

The white mares of the moon rush along the sky
Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass Heavens…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 01100110101 101101010110 01111101111 101011001000110 11 1111 10010101 1010010111011 011000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9