This is an analysis of The Old Men by Walter de la Mare.
Old and alone, sit we,
Caged, riddle-rid men;…
Browse poems by Walter de la Mare
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXX acac dbdb efef XgXg ecXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110111 11011 1011011 1100011 1011001 00111011 1011001 111001 1101001 01001 1111001 111001 1111011 01101111 01011101 011010 11001011 11001011 111111110 111101 11101001 01001011 11101111 101011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
', and, one
Epiphora
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