This is an analysis of The Cyclists by Amy Lowell.

Spread on the roadway,
With open-blown jackets,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXba XXccb deecd bXeXc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 11011 010110 111010 111011 0100 101100 110100 0101100 10010 010 110010 010110 010010 010110 011 010010 110110 010110 111010 010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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