This is an analysis of The Exeter Road by Amy Lowell.

Panels of claret and blue which shine
Under the moon like lees of wine.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeXX ffffgg ffhhhh aaXfii aaffhh aajjaa bbhhkk aaahhX Xbbffbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Metre: 100101111 10011101 0101100101 1111011111 1010100111 11011 11101100101 1101111111 0111101001 0010100101 111101111 10111 1111101111 1111010101 010101101 110111101 0100101101 00101 11011011001 111011001101 111010001 1111100101 111010101 10111 1100100101 010110101 11011001001 011101101 10111101001 01001 1011011001 10111001001 0101001011 1010110101 101111001 10111 10101101001 101101011001 01010101 0100101111 01001101 0101 111111010 01011010010 1011111 10101110101 0101011010101 11101 0110101 11111100101 0100110111 1110101001 110010101 11110 111010111 11110110100 10101101 1110111101 010110101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 61

Repeated words/phrases

and, they, of, i

Anaphora

they, in