This is an analysis of The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

When the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and The Three Taverns.—(Acts xxviii, 15)

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 344

Repeated words/phrases

i, that, of, to, he, and, fathers, man, for, they, you, be, not, or, creeds, law, we, then, have, away, all, say

Anaphora

a, and, the, or, of, their

Epiphora

men, was