This is an analysis of the poem Middle Lane that begins with:
I am not one to remain,
In the middle lane....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABX CDECC DXef Dcccf XagXXafgXh AABX CDECC fcXchbXafdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,10,4,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001 00101 11110011 1111000 1111 111001 0110110 10111 0011101 101011001 00111000 1011100100 0101110010 101011001 01100010 001001101 0010111 1111100 110111 11010111 01101001001 1101010100 001001010100 100101 1010101 0101101110 1 11 1111001 00101 11110011 1111000 1111 111001 0110110 10111 0011101 11110101011 01010101 0010111101 011101 0110101101 100110110 111101 1001000101 1000000100110 011011101 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Middle Lane;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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