This is an analysis of the poem Blue Anchor Lane that begins with:
If, tired of to-day, for some corner you sigh
That Change has forgotten and Progress passed by,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcc ddXXeecc ddaacXcc eeaaffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010001111011 11101011111 0011111010110 010110010110 101111101111 11101010001 101011001001 01111011101 101011011011 01011011011 101011111101 1111011111010 1010110111010 110111011110 11111101111 11111011101 11101011111 111010001111 111001001111 11011111011 111100011001 11101011101 11011011101 01011101101 101001110011 110011101001 111010011011 01011011001 01001011101 01011101001 11001101001 101101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, old, i, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, its are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word lane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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