This is an analysis of The Temple by Amy Lowell.

Between us leapt a gold and scarlet flame.
Into the hollow of the cupped, arched blue…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111011101 00010001011 010010100111 1100011101 1111111001 0101111111 0100010111 0111110011 11110110101 0100110101 01010011001 1100110111 1001110101 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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