The Country House
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
Did the door move, or was it always ajar?
The gladioli on the table are pale mauve.
I smell pale mauve and blue,
Blue soft like bruises—putrid—oozing—
The air oozes blue—mauve—
And the door with the black line where it does not shut!
I must pass that door to go to bed,
Or I must stay here
And watch the crack
Oozing air.
Is it—air?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXXAX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 342 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
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