This is an analysis of the poem By A Norfolk Broad that begins with:
One hour ago the crimson sun, that seemed so long a-drowning, sank.
The summer day is all but done. Our boat is moored beneath the bank.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab cde ccX ffd eeb ddf bbg gXh aac iiX iih jjX ggb cch hhi ccjddb bbX iikXkkb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001010111110101 0101011111010101 1101100111011111 01010010101010101 1001011111010101 1111011111010111 1101010101011101 1101110111011101 0101000101011001 0101011101000111 010010001010010111 0101111101011101 1001010101110111 1111001101111101 0101011111010001 01001101000110111 10111101000100101 0111111111010101 1111111111110101 11001011111110101 1111011111011110 1011000111000111 010100111010100100 1101011111010101 1011101111110111 1111111111111101 0011001111010111 1101111101100111 1101010110110101 1100011101010111 0101011101110111 0111011111011101 0111000101011101 1101110111011111 1101011101010101 1111111101010001 1001011101011101 10011101010011111 1101010111011001 11110010111010111 1101111111010101 1111011101010101 01110111010011101 1111110101110111 0110010111110111 1101011101011101 0101000111111101 1011000101010101 01110101010101001 01110100101110001 0101010111111101 11010100101010111 11100100110111100 1111000110111111 110100110010010111 1111010111111111 1011011111111111 01001001110010101 1111010101111111 1111011101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, of, at, that, more, no, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, tell, no, silent, a are repeated.
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