This is an analysis of the poem The Long Green Lanes Of England that begins with:

Oh ! the long green lanes of England !
They be very far away,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xcdc XeXe aeae Xfdf gXgXXgbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1010101 10111010 1011101 10111010 1010111 10111010 10101001 10100111 1000111 01101110 1010111 10110011 1011101 11101011 1010101 11111010 1011111 00101010 1010101 10101010 111101011 110100010 1011101 11111110 1110111 10111010 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; my, land, ', money are repeated.

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

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