This is an analysis of The Painted Ceiling by Amy Lowell.

My Grandpapa lives in a wonderful house
With a great many windows and doors,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded dfef cded Xfgf cfaf bhgh Xefe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11001001001 001101011 11111111111 111001001 101001101011 101011011 11011011101 01001011 11011001011 01011101 10110111011 11011101 11011011011 111101011 011101111111 101011001 11011011101 011110011 111111111001 011011011 111111001111 111111111 01001001011 101111101 101011001101 111011111 11011111111 011001001 001011111101 001011011 11001111111 001001111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, to, i, you