A Song Of The Greenaway Child by Henry Austin Dobson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Greenaway Child that begins with:

As I went a-walking on _Lavender Hill_,
O, I met a Darling in frock and frill;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX bbaa cccX bXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011001 1110100111 11111100101 11100101111 11100110101 111111111011 11100100111 10101100101 1110111111 0101101101 1101100111 1111110111010 10101101111 11111111111 111001101001 111111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    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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