This is an analysis of By The Fireside : The Open Window by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The old house by the lindens
Stood silent in the shade,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc Xcec Xfef bddd XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0111010 110001 11010011 011111 11010010 110001 10100010 101101 0110011 110101 11101011 110111 11110010 111001 111110110 010101 0110010 010101 10100010 0010101 10111011 111101 11001110 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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