This is an analysis of the poem George Eliot that begins with:

At evening once, the lowly men who loved
Our Master were found desolate, and grieved... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabXXc bXdaaaed cfecXfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010111 1100110011 1111100100 1111010011 0110110001 0111010111 110101010 0100111111 1100111111 0101010011 1001011101 111101 1111 0011011111 1101010111 1101010001 1111110111 1101110101 1100111101 1101110101 1001000111 1111010111 1100011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; we, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

    The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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