This is an analysis of The Red Lacquer Music-Stand by Amy Lowell.
A music-stand of crimson lacquer, long since brought
In some fast clipper-ship from China, quaintly wrought…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeeddffggXdddaahhddbbiibbcXjjffaa jKjKjKjX ffbbddffggeeffXbjj Xdccileeddeebbmmbb bbliaXffjXeeddaajjdddd mmjjggaabbeeaaffbbbbbbddjjaXmmnn jKjKjKjXXccddcceebbddfffgfaa
- Stanza lengths: 40,8,18,18,22,32,28,
- Metre: 010101010111 011101010101 01110101101001 0101110111010 0111110101010 1011110011110 110111010111 1011001011101 1101001010101 110101010111 1101000101010 1001110101110 0100110010011 110110111101 0101110101001 101101110001 1101010101100 101101110111 0101111011011 110101010101 010101011101 1000111110101 010111010111 011101101111 011101001101 010101010101 011101110111 1001111010101 101010000101 110101101101 110101111101 110111110101 111011101010 1001011100110 010001100101 01110010001 011011100101 10110110101 100110011101 111111110101 111100111011111011 110 11011011101111011 110 11101111011111011 110 111110101110111 11011110 0101011110101 01000100100101 101110111111 1101011010011 1101010010101 011101100101 1101110111011 110111010101 001001110111 01010101100111 010101011111 110011010111 10001100101 010101010011 11101001110 010101010011 101101000101 11111001101 0101011101110 1001110101110 0111010101010 1111010101010 101101110101 111111010100 100101010101 110101011111 001110010001 1101110111111 110010011101 010001011111 100100110101 001101011101 1110110101011 011101010111 010111010101 110111011101 011101011101 110011110101 110101110100 010101001101 1101010110101 0100101000100 010101001101 01001110001 100101010101 110101110100 1110110001010 111010101110 1001011101001 11001110101011 0010101010101 01010101010011 100101010101 1100110010001 010101010101 1001110010101 111101010101 10101110101 011101110001 101111100100100 111100110101 1101010100101 0101001010101 11001100110001 010100111101 1001010011101 010001111111 101101010101 011110111111 000110111101 110101111111 01110100111101 010111000101 010101101101 011111110101 100101011111 1101011010011 010111110001 010111010011 100101111001 010101011101 11011101010001 1101010100101 1111010100111 0100101010111 1001010101110 010101010011 110011000101 0101001010101 010111000101 11101111011111011 110 111011011011111011 110 1111111011111011 110 11101111011111011 110 01010111110010 010100110110010 010111010101 01001110111100 111101000111 0101010011001 0101011110111 0111110110101 011101101001 110101110101 110101111001 0010100010111 1011110110101 10011110100001 1001010100101 100010 010101 111001011101 010101101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 165
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, him, lord, ye, of, he, his
Anaphora
to, he, the, whose, a
