This is an analysis of the poem The Lanes Of Boyhood that begins with:
DOWN the lanes of boyhood, let me go once more,
Let me tread the paths of youth that I have trod before;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeecc ffggaa eehhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111111 1110101111101 111010110111 101110111001 1010001110101 101010110001 10101111101 101010110101 1110111111110 10001010101010 11101000100101 1011101110111 10101111101 10101010100001 101011110101 1011100110101 110010111010101 11010100010111 101011110001 0101010010001 1111010110101 1101010111101 11110101111101 11010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- 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; of, let, me, and, that, never are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, where are repeated.
The author used the same word down at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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