This is an analysis of Solitaire by Amy Lowell.

WHEN night drifts along the streets of the city,
And sifts down between the uneven roofs,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbbabbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 11101010010 1110100101 11010111 01110110110 1111101010 01010100110 010010110100001 1011111010110 11110110 1100111111110 101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

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