This is an analysis of Life And Nature by Archibald Lampman.

I passed through the gates of the city,
The streets were strange and still,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abcb cded Xfaf agEg Aece cfcf XfEf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111010010 010111 101001010 0100101 101101110 1101001 101011010 1110111 0101110 1110111 0011011010 10101111 111010010 1101011 111101110 1010111 111010010 1110111 11110011 0100110 0011010011 11101101 01011011 10101101 111010011 1011111 111101110 1010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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