Analysis of Between the Showers

Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)



Between the showers I went my way,
The glistening street was bright with flowers;
It seemed that March had turned to May
Between the showers.

Above the shining roofs and towers
The blue broke forth athwart the grey;
Birds carolled in their leafless bowers.

Hither and tither, swift and gay,
The people chased the changeful hours;
And you, you passed and smiled that day,
Between the showers.


Scheme abaB bab abaB
Poetic Form Roundel 
Metre 010101111 0100111110 11111111 01010 010101010 01110101 11011010 1001101 01010110 01110111 01010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 389
Words 69
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 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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