This is an analysis of A Northern Suburb by John Davidson.
Nature selects the longest way,
And winds about in tortuous grooves;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd efXf egeg fdfd XbXb hihi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10010101 110101001 01000101 01010101 11010101 100100110 01010101 01110101 01010111 01011101 010100100 11111101 01110101 11010001 11110111 10110101 11010101 11111101 10010101 01010101 11111110 11010001 11110101 110101000 01011101 01010101 11110101 01010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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