Analysis of In the Nower

Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)



To J. De P.

Deep in the grass outstretched I lie,
Motionless on the hill;
Above me is a cloudless sky,
Around me all is still:

There is no breath, no sound, no stir,
The drowsy peace to break:
I close my tired eyes--it were
So simple not to wake.


Scheme X ABAB CDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 10010111 100101 01110101 011111 11111111 010111 11110110 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 246
Words 52
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Amy Levy

Amy Levy was a British essayist, poet, and novelist best remembered for her feminist positions and her homosexual romances during the Victorian era. more…

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