This is an analysis of the poem In Lovers' Lane that begins with:

I know a place for loitering feet
Deep in the valley where the breeze... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb XcXc ddad Xebe fdbd fXXX Xbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001 10010101 110001001 11011100 110100111 11110101 01001101 1010111 01011101 101100101 11110101 11110111 11111111 11000101 00111101 11011101 110010001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 101101001 01010101 11010100 111101001 01011111 011100111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In Lovers' Lane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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