This is an analysis of Dear Old London by Eugene Field.
When I was broke in London in the fall of '89,
I chanced to spy in Oxford Street this tantalizing sign,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbccaX ccddeeaX ffgghhaX iijjjjaX cckkccaX gglljjaX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111101000101 110010101010101 11010111011101 01010101010101 010111101111101 01010101111110 11011111111111 111101000101 11100001111101 01011111101011 0101010110001 11000101010111 01110101111101 111110101110101 111011001000101 111101000101 11001101010101 11010101111101 011111001010101 11001010110011 11010011110111 01010101010101 11110101111101 111101000101 001111110111001 110010101110101 11011101010101 1010100111010101 110100101011101 01110101110011 01011000111101 111101000101 11110101110101 01011101111101 01011100110001 010111010101001 010101010100101 11010100100001 11010101110011 111101000101 100101001110101 11010101110001 10010101110101 11110101010101 1011010111111 110001111110111 11010101111101 1001101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
i, in, and, that, of, my
Anaphora
a, and, the, when
