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Analysis of Amy Lowell’s Poem “A Decade” In “A Decade,” a poem by Amy Lowell, the reader is shown how a lover’s attitude can go from infatuation at first to just predictability and love. In this poem Lowell uses imagery and sim ....

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.... a decade. The speaker is telling the one that he/she loves how the feelings have gone from just being infatuated with them to being “nourished” by them. The tone of the poem is hard to describe; it is actually the “lovey dovey” feeling that should come to the reader while reading this poem. The poem has no set rhyme scheme, and is six lines long in one stanza. Following, is my paraphrase of the poem. When we first met you were sharp and sweet And when we kissed it burnt my mouth because I wanted you so. Now that it has been a few years you are still pleasant and smooth. I really don’t pay attention to how you taste, ....