This is an analysis of Yesterday In Oxford Street by Rose Fyleman.

YESTERDAY in Oxford Street, oh, what d'you think,
my dears?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X Xa Xb cX c a cc cd de d a ab ae fX f a bX b gX g bg b e bbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Metre: 10101011111 11 1101010111101 0 0101111101 1101 1101010111010 1 101010111011 1 0111010111010 1 110101110101 11 1101110111 0101 1111111111 0101 11110111111 101 1101011111010 1 1101010111010 1 11001101011 101 1100011111000 1 11010101010101 1101110111010 1 11010101101111 0111010111010 1 11111100111 111 11110101110 101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 25
  • Lines: 38

Repeated words/phrases

and, i

Anaphora

and