This is an analysis of Lockerbie Street by Bliss William Carman.

For The Brthday Of James Whitcomb Riley, October 7, 1914
LOCKERBIE STREET is a little street,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbddeeffaaABcbgghhiiaaABabiicXiiaaABibbbiijjaa
  • Stanza lengths: 49,
  • Metre: 10101101001011 100100101 1111 10111001001 0111 0100100101 10111101 010110101 11111001 10110100111 1011100101 1101101011 1111001001 100100101 10111 101110111 1011 110010101 110111111 10010011 0010010100 10101001 11000101101 110110101 1001001001 100100101 10111 010011101 00101 0110101001 10111111 111111101 10110101010 00110100101 1101111111 10111111 1011101001 100100101 10111 110010101 01011 0100101111 110101111 111101101 101101001 100110111 0100110101 100101111 11101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

and, street

Anaphora

the

Epiphora

street