This is an analysis of the poem Beachy Head that begins with:
ON thy stupendous summit, rock sublime !
That o'er the channel rear'd, half way at sea ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefcg fhfijkfgXfclbamj ccnifgochcbjpj fcfqjrghhgfjfhkp cfbbfglfmccdfccg lfcgkbchmgamcjsc cmjcomhXcfmmcm jfigmchcoafjmbmg hXlfmjlbomjcmeo bcjfjtkmXhcmmgj gcmgmgoblcckaaj mmgmficqmcscjcu majcffbjjhpfcjma gccmlfiqlockbjgc mpccbjffcmufjXcc vmslmpbosocjchfm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,14,16,16,16,14,16,15,15,15,15,16,16,16,16,15,14,15,16,15,15,16,15,15,16,15,17,16,15,16,15,16,15,16,10,15,11,15,12,12,12,12,12,12,13,15,16,16,15,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 743
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, their, with, his, he, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, and, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase come connects the lines.
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- summary of Beachy Head;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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