This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To Hugh Parker that begins with:

IN this strange land, this uncouth clime,
A land unknown to prose or rhyme; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbccXXddXaaeaefXaaggffhhXgiieeddjjffhhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110111 01010111 111101010 110001010 011101010 011111010 11110101 10110101 11011101 11010111 0111010010 10101010 1111010100 111111110 111111010 010101010 1110110010 1110111010 1011001 10110110 11010111 111100111 1010111 110111001 111101010 111101010 1111011010 111101010 01000100 110010101 110111010 111101010 10101101 11110101 11111111 11111011 11011101 11110001 11111111 11111111 10010111 11100101 111111110 100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 295
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, or, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, wi', or, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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