This is an analysis of Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer.
whisper of yellow globes
gleaming on lamp-posts that sway…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abX ba Xc da Xdc
- Stanza lengths: 3,2,2,2,3,
- Metre: 100101 1011111 1111010001 111101011 1111101 1010101 101101101 01110111 10100011 10110101 111101 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 12
