Analysis of A Gift
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
See! I give myself to you, Beloved!
My words are little jars
For you to take and put upon a shelf.
Their shapes are quaint and beautiful,
And they have many pleasant colours and lustres
To recommend them.
Also the scent from them fills the room
With sweetness of flowers and crushed grasses.
When I shall have given you the last one,
You will have the whole of me,
But I shall be dead.
| Scheme | XAXXAXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 111101 1111010101 11110100 0111010101 1011 100111101 1101100110 1111101011 1110111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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