This is an analysis of The Country House by Amy Lowell.

Did the door move, or was it always ajar?
The gladioli on the table are pale mauve.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbX XaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 00111101101 01001010111 111111 111101010 011011 101001110111 111110101 11111 1101 101 001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 11

Epiphora

air

Anadiplosis

blue