This is an analysis of the poem Cherrylog Road that begins with:

Off Highway 106
At Cherrylog Road I entered ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdb aefagf ehaaid jdkdae adilea XaeXcm ekbdfh dijjbb hXdbba bebbkX gdhXij lefdXX ldlbja bbndkd faenie Xafbag ebbaXa Xhnkmaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11001110 011011 10010 0011101 1101001 1100101 100110 001010110 1110101 01101010 01001010 1111101 1101101 11001001 01010011 11111011 101001011 111001 0111101 01001010 100101 1101010 1001111 00101001 1101110 1101011 1101101 11010110 010101101 010111010 11101001 101101 10101 11101110 10100101 001011 1100100100 11010 0110001 1011010 1101101 0111 1101 11011001 1110010010 111111 1101111 1101111 1110111 101001011 111001010 00101111 111011 10001 100111 1010 110111 1010010 01101001 101011100 1110111 11100111 10100100 1011011 0100101 10111 01101101 001101110 11100101 0111001 1111 00110101 001101111 0101001 1110111 10100111 001001 1110101 01010101 0101111 1111111 0101110100 1001 110110110 10010101 1011010011 10101 001011 00111001 010100000 0100111 1111010 00100101 101011110 01011010 11001111 1111011 00011010 01111001 11011010 11010011 0101001 010111 111101000 1101011 10010111 10010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, to, held, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Cherrylog Road;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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