This is an analysis of the poem Brunton Stephens that begins with:
Dedicated by special permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.
We cried, “How long!” We sighed, “Not yet;”... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabcbcddd eefXfgaaa eehchcXhh hhcdciddd jjadadXhh gXahahddd cckgkgggg Xgliliddd XmXccc Xcc hhamamcXc llnanaeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,6,3,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10001100100011010010100 11111111 11010101 01011101 11010111 111101011 11010111 1101011111 111101001011 1111010101 11111101 11000101 11111101 111111100 11010101 10000101 1111010111 1101100011 1100011100 11110101 110010101 11110101 01111100 01010001 11010101 1101010110 1101010011 1101010101 11111101 11011101 11010111 01010101 11010101 01001101 1101110001 0100110111 1111000101 11111111 11011101 101101001 01000101 11011101 11101101 11010011110 0101001100 1100110011 11110011 1101010 111101001 10010111 1000110001 01001101 1101010101 1111110101 0101011101 110100001 11101101 01110101 01110101 11100111 11011101 0101001001 01010001001 001011100101 1100101100 11010101 00010001 11001001001 11110111 110110001 1111000101 1101010111 111101001101 010101110 01011101 110101110 11110101 00010001 01001101 01111101100 0100010001 1111110011 11000100 10010101 11011111 11100101 01010101 010011101 1101000011 11011010100 11000011100 11001101 01010101 110111001 01000101 011101001 010011111 1001001101 0111110111 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 102
- 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; and, now, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, another, our, the, no are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase still connects the lines.
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