This is an analysis of Old Homes by Madison Julius Cawein.

Old homes among the hills! I love their gardens;
Their old rock fences, that our day inherits;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababa acaca aaXaa dededXddddd
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,11,
  • Metre: 11010111110 11110111010 11110111110 11110111110 11111111010 11010111010 01011101010 11010101010 11010011010 010111001010 11010101010 11010101010 11110101000 11010101010 110101101010 11110101110 11010110110 11110101010 01111101010 01111101110 11110111010 11110111110 11111100110 01011101110 01010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

their, with, like

Anaphora

their, and