This is an analysis of Boston by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

My northern pines are good enough for me,
But there’s a town my memory uprears—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101100111 11001110010 0111110101 1110011101 1100111100 0101010111 1101011101 0100010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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