This is an analysis of Canal Bank Walk by Patrick Kavanagh.

Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal
Pouring redemption for me, that I do…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg X
  • Stanza lengths: 14,1,
  • Metre: 10011101100001 1001011111 000110000100001 10100110111 0111011001 100010101111 1011000100101101 1000110100001001 110101011001001 01001101010101 1010101101111 0110000010101 101100100001110 011111100110010 01011010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

me