This is an analysis of Nuit Blanche by Amy Lowell.

I want no horns to rouse me up to-night,
And trumpets make too clamorous a ring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc dada efef ghghXaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,7,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101110001 0111001101 1111110101 0101010111 1111010100 0101111110 1011011100 1011000111 0111011101 0101010101 10010100111 1001110111 0111010101 0101100101 1011010101 0101110101 10010111111 1101111111 11111111 101110001 111111110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 22

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Anaphora

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