Analysis of Absence

Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)



My cup is empty to-night,
Cold and dry are its sides,
Chilled by the wind from the open window.
Empty and void, it sparkles white in the moonlight.
The room is filled with the strange scent
Of wistaria blossoms.
They sway in the moon's radiance
And tap against the wall.
But the cup of my heart is still,
And cold, and empty.

When you come, it brims
Red and trembling with blood,
Heart's blood for your drinking;
To fill your mouth with love
And the bitter-sweet taste of a soul.


Scheme ABXAXXXXXX BXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111011 101111 1101101010 10011101001 01111011 1110 11001100 010101 10111111 01010 11111 1010011 111110 111111 001011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 473
Words 92
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Amy Lowell

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. more…

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