This is an analysis of Elmwood by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Here, in the twilight, at the well-known gate
I linger, with no heart to enter more.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacXde bfXaXghicaijbiiiicjbhgj iajijegjfXigeiakiic jgjidbjceabgjbjfiie jjdXkf XjbgjieXi jXcejjjf
- Stanza lengths: 8,23,19,19,6,9,8,
- Metre: 1001110111 1100110101 0101100101 1011000101 0101010101 1010111101 1001010101 1101010001 1111010101 1111010001 11001110111 0001010001 0100011111 1001001101 0111010100 0111010001 11010101001 1101010101 0101110111 1011010001 1101001101 0101110111 1011111101 0101011101 0101011101 0111100101 11011101001 1100000101 110001100 0101010101 0111110101 1001010101 01010010111 0001010101 0101111101 10011110001 1101010001 01001011101 1111010101 1011010101 0101001100 0101000011 1101111111 1101010101 100111111 1001111101 1101010101 1101010101 0101110101 0101011101 1101110101 1101010011 0100010101 1101111101 0101011001 11110010101 11010100110 1001110001 11011100101 1101000111 01100100101 1101010001 1101010001 1001100101 1101010011 101000101 1100010001 0011110101 1111 0101110001 1001010001 01010100101 1011001101 1101110101 1101011011 0111100101 1011010111 1111011101 1111010001 0100010111 1011011111 0101010101 0111010101 0100010101 110101011 1101100111 0101110001 1001010101 0111111111 1011110101 1101010101 01010010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 92
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, and
Anaphora
what, the
