This is an analysis of the poem Lines Upon My Sister’s Portrait that begins with:
The castle towers of Bareacres are fair upon the lea,
Where the cliffs of bonny Diddlesex rise up from out the sea:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdd eeaaccXf ggccbbdd hhXfiijj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100100110101 101010100110101 110101011101010 110101001101011 11010101000101 11011100010011 10010101101101 11110100110101 01110101110101 11010100110111 01010101010101 110011001101011 1101111000100101 01010100110101 11001000010110 01000100111101 110001010111110 111111000100110 110111001101011 110101011100010 11110110111101 11001100110101 111101110101001 11011100110111 11111101010101 11011101010011 11010100010101 01010100010011 11111100011111 1100010110001 11101101110101 11110111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 461
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, our, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, i'll are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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