This is an analysis of Afterthoughts by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

We parted where the old gas-lamp still burned
Under the wayside maple and walked on,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba ccddcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101011111 1001110111 0001111111 1111011101 1101011111 1111010111 1101011111 1101010011 0101111101 1101110101 0110110101 1001110001 1111011011 1100101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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