The Cyclists
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
Spread on the roadway,
With open-blown jackets,
Like black, soaring pinions,
They swoop down the hillside,
The Cyclists.
Seeming dark-plumaged
Birds, after carrion,
Careening and circling,
Over the dying
Of England.
She lies with her bosom
Beneath them, no longer
The Dominant Mother,
The Virile -- but rotting
Before time.
The smell of her, tainted,
Has bitten their nostrils.
Exultant they hover,
And shadow the sun with
Foreboding.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Scheme | XAABX BXCCX XDDCX XXDXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 423 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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