This is an analysis of An Answer by Alfred Austin.

Come, let us go into the lane, love mine,
And mark and gather what the Autumn grows:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111000111 1111010101 0101010001 0101110111 0101000101 0110110101 1101001001 1111110001 1101010111 0011000101 1111110001 1011010101 0100111111 10111100001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

the, nor