This is an analysis of On A Street by Henry Kendall.
I dread that street - its haggard face
I have not seen for eight long years;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bbbbefef ghghdfdf ijijfjfj ikikdada ajajfjfj ieieblbl gagamdmd nonolflf iXiciaia lclchehe ededididXdfdfagag
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 11110101 11111110 01010101 11110001 11011101 11010101 011100111 11011111 01010111 11111101 11010101 010101001 11010101 11010001 01000101 11010111 10111101 11010101 01010101 01110101 11110011 01011101 11010111 11010101 11011111 11011101 11011101 01001111 01010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01111101 010111011 11010101 01000101 010010101 11010101 011100101 11000101 11010101 01100111 01010111 01010101 01010001 11110111 01010101 11010111 10010111 01010101 11010101 11011001 11110101 11110101 11010111 01110111 11010001 01011101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11100101 01111101 010010111 010100111 11011101 01110101 11111101 01011101 11111111 11110101 11011101 11010101 01111101 01000101 01010101 11000101 11010101 11010001 01010101 01010101 01011101 11110101 01010101 01111101 11010101 01010101 01011101 110100001 11011101 01110101 01010101 01110111 11111101 01010101 01001111 01000101 01000101 11010111 01000101 01010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 104
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, his
Anaphora
i, a, and, the
