This is an analysis of the poem Yesterday In Oxford Street that begins with:
YESTERDAY in Oxford Street, oh, what d'you think,
my dears? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xa Xb cX c a cc cd de d a ab ae fX f a bX b gX g bg b e bbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011111 11 1101010111101 0 0101111101 1101 1101010111010 1 101010111011 1 0111010111010 1 110101110101 11 1101110111 0101 1111111111 0101 11110111111 101 1101011111010 1 1101010111010 1 11001101011 101 1100011111000 1 11010101010101 1101110111010 1 11010101101111 0111010111010 1 11111100111 111 11110101110 101
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 38
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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