This is an analysis of the poem Locksley Hall that begins with:
Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:
Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle-horn. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff Xe gG dd hh ii gX dd jj XX jj dd ii cc kk ii aa gg aa cc aa dd ee cc ll bb ee dd ff ee hh kk jj mm bb nn jj aa gg dd oo dd dd kk jj Xo ee jj pp mm ee aa aa oo gG jj oo ff Xe XX gg dd XX jj jj kk dd aa ii aa aa dd ee gg jc XX gg ee cc aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101011110101 111111111010101 1001110101010101 101010111010101 101100101010101 101010101000101 10010101010011101 011110101010001 1001110101010101 1010101011000101 101011101000101 001010101010101 1010001110101100 111010011010101 111000101110111 101000111010110 0001010101010101 0001010101010101 00010100101010101 0001011101010101 101111101101111 101111100010101 1111010101110101 1110101001101010 101011101010101 111101011000101 111010100010101 101010100010101 10101111010111110 1010111100101011110 111010111000101 1001010101010101 111010111110101 1010111001010101 1001010110110101 1010111000100001 1011010100110101 111010101010001 111010101110111 101010111010101 101110101011111 100010111000101 001011101011001 1010101010100111 101011100010111 101011101010101 101000101110001 101000100110111 101110101110101 101010101010101 100011101111101 101001101110101 010110101010101 110110101101101 101000101010101 101110111111011 101110101000101 101010111000101 10010111010101 10010111100101 10010111010101 100111010010001 1101111101110101 101111111110111 111111101111101 101001101110101 101110100110011 1010101110101001 101000100001001 111000111011101 101011101001111 101110101011101 111001111010111 111011101011101 101010100010101 10101010001001001 1110011101110101 001010111010101 101110111110101 101011101011111 101110111000101 011010100011111 11101001001010100 101010100010011 111111101010111 111111101101101 111011101010101 1001011101011101 101011111010111 101010101100101 101110100010101 101110000010001 111111101001101 001010101010101 10010010101011101 1010111001001101 1000101010100111 111110101110101 101111101001111 1001010111010101 1001010101010101 111110101011111 110100101010101 101110101011101 101000101011101 101011101011101 1110101010111001 110110101110101 111011001110101 111110111010011 101010101010011 101010111110101 111010101111101 1010010101010101 101010110010111 101011110010101 111010101010101 111111100011111 111000101110111 101000111010110 101010101000101 100010111010101 101010101110101 0010101010000101 101011100011101 001000101010101 10111011010101010 001000101010001 101010111010101 101011101010101 111011101011111 110010111100101 101110101111101 101110101010101 1010101010101010 1111111010101010 111110101010101 101011100011001 101011111000101 101100101110101 101110101110101 1010100101010111 101110101110101 10101001001010001 111011111010101 101110100010111 1010101011101001 111111100111101 100010101010101 1010101010001001 100010111110101 111110111110101 111110101011101 1010101011110101 101100101110101 111010101010101 101110101010101 101010101011001 101010101011101 101011101010101 101010101110101 1011010111010001 101010101010101 101010100110101 110100101100101 001100110011111 101011101111101 101110101111101 1010101001111111 101110111110001 101010111011001 101011101010001 101010101111111 1110101001010101 1010101110011001 101010101010101 100010101010111 101010100011101 111010101110111 111111111010100 101010101010111 101111101010101 101100111000101 101000101010001 101111111111110 101110101010101 111010100110111 101010101111101 10011001110101 111011101110111 1010001010010111 101010100010101 1011101011111011 101010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 97
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 194
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, of, when, in, spring, and, my, o, to, than, his, with, that, i, her, love, thee, thy, but, left, slowly, where, lower are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, in, and, saying, o, better, cursed, baby, every, i, saw are repeated.
The author used the same words many, when, in, love, cursed, o, and, knowledge, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases men, eye connect the lines.
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