This is an analysis of Farewell To The Farm by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The coach is at the door at last;
The eager children, mounting fast…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabB ccbB ddbB eebB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01110111 01111101 01110111 01010101 11111101 11010111 11110111 01010101 11011111 01110101 11010111 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, to

Anaphora

the, o