This is an analysis of the poem The Lanes Of Apple Bloom that begins with:

DOWN the lanes of apple bloom, we are treading once again,
Down the pathways rosy red trip the women-folk and men. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aXXc aadd eecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011110101 10111011010111 11101111011101 10101111010111 11111011010101 11101111011 1011111101101001 110101011110101 10101111010101 10101011011101 10101011010101 11101011001101 101010111011101 10101001010001 101010011000111 10100011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, us, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words down, through are repeated.

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