This is an analysis of the poem Evangeline: Part The Second. Iii. that begins with:

NEAR to the bank of the river, o'ershadowed by oaks, from whose branches
Garlands of Spanish moss and of mystic mistletoe flaunted,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcaadbefcgachiaXjikka jkcXdikliXigcjkcmbdncdagafXXffdbfbafkdaamaaddmiX ddkagXXcbkandfmaegd bdaXXchbkcaddadadakaXagbaddfXieaXaaddigbiok XddokcfdffcaXafaajaaalgXabppjpdXXbkkkX cagbcXbiXmfbdcjXbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,48,19,43,38,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001010000110110 100101101010110 110101101010111 101011010010010 1001010010010010 100101001011010 100101110010010 111101111010010 110101001110010 100101101010010 111001010100010 10011011010010 101010110010010 101100101011111 1101001101011011 100101010110010 00010101110011 001001001011011 1011010010010010 001101001110010 10010111010010 1010110010010010 10100101010011 110111010010010 10010101010110 101001010110011 1111011010010010 110101001010010 101101001011010 1000011110010010 1100010110110011 101001111011010 10011111011100 101111101110010 100100101110010 11101100110010 10010111100110010 10110101010010 1101010011010010 11010011010010011 1001001110010110 10010111010010 111001110110011 100101111010010 1011001001010110 111011101110010 101101111010110 1011001111111010 110010111011010 1010111111010000 11111010110011010 10100001101010011 1100011110010011 10100101010011010 10100001111111010 100101101111110 1001110010011010 1011111010111110 10110111110010 111001010010010 101001010110010 101011010011010 1111011100011010 10010011111101111 1001010001110010 1101001001001110 1011001011010010 1100011010010010 10111011011011011 1101010110110010 10101111110010 111001110010010 1011010011100100 1101011111011010 101101101010010 10111101011010 1110111110010 1111010010010110 10100010010110011 1011101001110010 100100101010110 10111101010110 1110001010011011 1001101101010010 1110001010011010 1001011001001110 111001111111111 1101001110010010 10010011010010010 1001011110110010 10010101010010 1110011100011010 1101011010011011 10111010010010010 10010011010010010 1101101010010010 100111101001011 111001110111110 101111111010110 10110011010011011 11101010111010 1110101010010 1001011011011010 101101011010111 100101101010010 111001111010010 1111011010110010 001100111110010 1011011111110010 111010111010111 1011011110111110 10111101010010 10111110011010 1101110110100010 100100101110010 1011001101010110 1001001011010010 10011101110010 111001011110010 110101101111010 1001011010010010 010100011110010 110101001010010 10010101011110 111001111010110 100110110110110 110101001010010 100100101010010 001001010010010 11110101110010 1101001110100100 100101101110010 110101101010010 1101101001011010 101001001101110 10101111011010 101001110010010 1101001110010010 1100110111100010 100101010110010 1001001001011010 11111010010010011 1011011010110010 10110100101100010 111101010111010 1001101011010100 10010111110011111 1010010011010011 101010100010010 11010101010011 11010100100100010 100100100101010101 1011001010110010 10010101010010 110101111010110 1101010111010110 1001101110010100 1010010010110101 1001111110011010 111110111110011 111110111111111 11101111010010 111011111011011 11100101010010 111101101010110 11110111010011 111011010010010 1010011101010010 1011001010110010 10010010100010010 100111101010110 110111110100010 101010111010010 0001011110110010 1001011111010011 11111010010010110 1101010111011110 10010010110010010 1001011010010010 1010110010111110 1011001011110010 110101101110010 11110111011010 11100101110110 1101011111111010 1001011101110010 110101001010100 10111100110010011 110101010111010 100101011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2011
  • Average number of words per stanza: 357
  • Amount of lines: 190
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, that, his, her, said, my, ever, to, him, your, often, how, me, ah are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, art, ah are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases thoughtful, ever connect the lines.

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  • summary of Evangeline: Part The Second. Iii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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