Analysis of Crepuscule du Matin
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
All night I wrestled with a memory
Which knocked insurgent at the gates of thought.
The crumbled wreck of years behind has wrought
Its disillusion; now I only cry
For peace, for power to forget the lie
Which hope too long has whispered. So I sought
The sleep which would not come, and night was fraught
With old emotions weeping silently.
I heard your voice again, and knew the things
Which you had promised proved an empty vaunt.
I felt your clinging hands while night's broad wings
Cherished our love in darkness. From the lawn
A sudden, quivering birdnote, like a taunt.
My arms held nothing but the empty dawn.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010100 1101010111 0101110111 101011101 1111010101 1111110111 0111110111 1101010100 1111010101 1111011101 1111011111 10101010101 0101001101 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 622 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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