This is an analysis of Old King Cole by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
In Tilbury Town did Old King Cole
A wise old age anticipate,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dedefghg ijijkaka lhlhffff mbmbcgcg dXdXbbbb babaclcl mlmlkfkf nlnlmbmb bobopjpj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 011010111 01110101 010000111 11010001 11010101 1100101110 11010101 110111010 01000101 11000101 11110101 11110111 10110011 110101110 11101101 010111010 01000101 01010111 11110101 11011101 11110101 110001010 01010001 011101010 01111111 11110101 11010101 11100001 01011111 111101010 01010001 010101010 11010101 11011101 111100101 11010111 11011111 110101110 11011100 100101110 111101001 11001000 11111101 11010100 11101101 110101000 11011111 0101010001 11001101 111100001 01011111 11010111 11010101 110111110 11110001 110100010 11011101 11110101 11111111 11010001 01011101 111111110 10110111 110101110 01110111 01111101 11111011 001101101 10111111 111101010 11010110 110111010 11011101 11010101 11111101 11111110 101110111 111111010 11110101 100101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
and, went, on, of, i, my, to, may
Anaphora
no, and, this
