This is an analysis of the poem Thec Lanes Of Memory that begins with:
Adown the lanes of memory bloom all the flowers of yesteryear,
And looking back we smile to see life's bright red roses reappear,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd cceeXaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10010100110100101 1101110111110101 0101010011011111 0101010011111101 0101010101010111 1111011111010101 1101010111011101 1101011101011101 1101111101010001 0111010101010011 0101110111010001 0101010111111001 1111011101011101 1101010101011111 0100111111110111 1111010101011101 1001010011010101 11110111010010101 1111011111010111 1111010101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, of, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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