This is an analysis of September, 1918 by Amy Lowell.

This afternoon was the colour of water falling through sunlight;
The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXbbcXXbabacXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 0101101001010111 01100010001 011111001101 10101010101011010 1001001 11011011110 0100100110 01001001 1110011 111110101 1100110 1010110001110 1101010000101 011110100 11000111 1111110 1001001011 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the, and

Epiphora

leaves