Lines Written After A Walk Before Supper by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written After A Walk Before Supper that begins with:

Tho' much averse, dear Jack, to flicker,
To find a likeness for friend V----ker,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbbbccaaXXddeeffffggXXhhaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 010101111 11111111 01000100 11110111 11111111 11110101 0100001 01110001 11010101 011111010 010001010 1110100 11111100 111110010 110101010 01011111 10010001 1111001 1010111 1010001 1010001 11101101 110100001 11111111 01011111 01010001 01010111 11101010 1100101010 110101010 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, of, in are repeated.

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

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