Analysis of The Pond
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
Cold, wet leaves
Floatingon moss-coloured water,
And the croaking of frogs-
Cracked bell-notes in the twilight.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111010 001011 111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 117 |
| Words | 18 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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