This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Street that begins with:
As I was a-walking down Paradise Street,
A bonny young maiden I chanced for to meet;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbX AaddccbX AaeecXbb AaffccbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101011011 010110110101 11101011111 01101011001 101001011111 101101011111 101001011111 1011011001 1111011011 01011011011 11001011001 01111101011 11111011111 010101011001 11101011010 1011011001 1111011011 11001011011 11001111001 010010001011 01011011001 11101001010 101011011001 0011011101001 1111011011 11011111011 11111111111 001101011011 11111111111 111101111011 111011011001 1011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, it, my, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, all, it are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Paradise Street;
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